{"id":302905,"date":"2025-07-30T03:43:21","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302905\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T03:43:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T03:43:21","slug":"leeds-agency-hits-ibiza-to-celebrate-first-year-of-employee-ownership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302905\/","title":{"rendered":"Leeds agency hits Ibiza to celebrate first year of employee ownership"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leeds-based marketing agency Engage Interactive<\/a> has marked the first anniversary of its successful transition to an EOB (Employee Owned Business) by celebrating at its annual Summer Conference in Ibiza<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Becoming an EOB last July was a significant milestone in the 18-year journey of Engage and was a decision by founder and managing director, Alex Willcocks, to preserve the agency\u2019s values and culture whilst acting as a catalyst for future growth.<\/p>\n

The anniversary follows a strong period of growth at the agency, after reporting a 28 percent year-on-year growth<\/a> in revenue in the 2024\/25 financial year and 13 new clients added to its roster.<\/p>\n

The ownership structure is rooted in Engage\u2019s longstanding commitment to its people and the core values that also drove them to become Leeds\u2019 first certified B Corp in 2021. The team of more than 50 members of staff attended the Summer Conference in Ibiza to reflect on the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

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Willcocks said: \u201cPassing the business into the hands of the team was never just about transferring ownership, it was a decision rooted in the backing of amazing people who make Engage what it is.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne year into being employee-owned, it genuinely feels like we\u2019re powered by our people more than ever. It\u2019s a fairer, more inclusive way of doing business \u2013 where success is shared, and everyone has a voice. It\u2019s been an incredible first year, and this is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The digital agency is 100 percent employee owned, meaning all team members participate in the EOB. When the transition was made, a new board of trustees was formed to represent the best interests of the employees as a whole.<\/p>\n

Willcocks continues as the managing director and founder trustee after starting the business in 2007<\/p>\n

Dom Mernock, director at Engage, added: \u201cBecoming an Employee Ownership Business (EOB) felt like a natural next step for Engage and over the last year we\u2019ve gained valuable insight through the start of this fantastic journey. We\u2019re looking ahead with enthusiasm, remaining focused on consolidating the benefits we\u2019ve already seen across the business and building on the strong foundation we\u2019ve created.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds-based marketing agency Engage Interactive has marked the first anniversary of its successful transition to an EOB (Employee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302906,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-302905","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114940123978616025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302905\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}