{"id":564238,"date":"2025-11-11T19:53:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564238\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:53:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:53:10","slug":"birmingham-consultancy-transitions-to-employee-ownership-after-17-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/564238\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham consultancy transitions to employee ownership after 17 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tX<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/full-logo-white.png\" alt=\"The Business Desk\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRegister for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/register\/\" class=\"btn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Register<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Birmingham crisis management firm Insignia has become an Employee Ownership Trust (EOT), securing its independence and giving staff a collective stake in the business.<\/p>\n<p>The move marks a major milestone in the consultancy\u2019s 17-year journey since it was founded by Jonathan Hemus, who also chairs Aston University\u2019s Crisis Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Hemus said: \u201cWhen I founded the business 17 years ago, my purpose was clear: to give clients the capability and confidence to do and say the right things when a crisis strikes and avoid the needless harm to lives, livelihoods, business and reputation as the result of a mishandled crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecoming an employee-owned business is the natural next step for us. It rewards the talented people who have helped build the business and ensures that the culture, purpose and values that define us will remain at Insignia\u2019s heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Insignia\u2019s client portfolio includes Commonwealth Games England, which it advised during the 2022 Birmingham Games, as well as West Midlands-based organisations such as law firm Gowling WLG, NFU Mutual, and West Midlands Pension Fund. The consultancy provides expertise in crisis planning, training, and simulation exercises.<\/p>\n<p>Hemus added: \u201cI\u2019m proud to have established a world-leading specialist consultancy in Birmingham and to have successfully carved our niche in competition with the world\u2019s biggest consultancies. Becoming employee-owned secures our independence, enables clients to continue to benefit from the \u2018Insignia way\u2019 and ensures that the people who have helped shape the firm \u2014 our exceptional team \u2014 continue to drive its success for years to come. It\u2019s a great move for us and we\u2019re excited about the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tClick here to sign up to receive our new South West business news&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebusinessdesk.com\/account\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"X Register for free to receive latest news stories direct to your inbox Register Birmingham crisis management firm&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":564239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-564238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115532818530947039","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564238","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=564238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/564239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}