The Employee Share Plan Forum exists to support the development of both direct and indirect employee share ownership throughout the United Kingdom.   The Forum believes that employee share ownership underpins the achievement of a number of socio-economic objectives, including:

• Balancing the returns from the investment of capital and returns from labour by way of ensuring that the employee base shares in the profits and increasing value of the businesses they work in.

• As a result, assisting to counteract the development of social and economic inequality.

• Encouraging the development of a broadly based, ownership culture facilitating gains in productivity and efficiency.

• Allowing stability and long term succession and business continuity.