Our ownership is held in trust for the benefit of all our employees under the terms of an Employee Benefit Trust.
The ownership of the company is held within the EBT which was established in 1996 and has controlled 100% of the shares of the Company since 2001. The EBT is administered by a group of Trustees predominantly from within the Company. The EBT is chaired by Frances Patterson QC, the employee trustees are Julia Frost and Mark Worcester, and the board trustees are Gary Forster and Michael Lowndes.
Employees in Budapest 2008
Our common purpose
Planning with distinction to deliver sustainable and commercial solutions through:
- combining planning and urban design to help shape attractive and sucessful places
- a single, cohesive, inclusive and employee owned commercial business
- a high quality service and excellent working relations with clients
- exceptionally engaged people who discover and enjoy the energy and fullfilment of working together
The future we seek
Planning sustainably embracing the past, the present and the future:
- the past is our heritage to be conserved and enjoyed
- the present has pressing development needs to be met in order to deliver economic prosperity and qualities of life
- the future is the essence of planning as our work will endure into succeeding generations