MAY 22nd
National Share Scheme Day!
Share schemes spread prosperity 🤑
Employee share schemes provide opportunities to create life-changing wealth for individuals. They also accelerate national growth and stabilise companies, even through difficult economic conditions.
So let’s celebrate National Share Scheme Day by raising awareness of the ENORMOUS power of sharing.
#SharingIsWinning
#NatShareSchemeDay

This year's theme is... GENEROSITY!
And to that end, we’ll be launching a competition to find the country’s Most Generous Company.
It’s easy (AND FREE!) to enter. Simply nominate your company (or yourself if you are indeed, the Big Boss) and tell us why you deserve to win.
🍕 Does your whole team benefit from a share scheme?
😴 Do you get Fridays off paid?
🎰 Does your boss take everybody to Vegas once a year?
Whatever makes your company special, let us know and you’ll be in with a chance of winning.
🏆 What do you win? 🏆
Well, aside from glory and obvious bragging rights, your company will also win a shiny trophy, a badge for your website, a free subscription to Vestd and more great prizes.
We will also be giving the winning company as much free PR as we can possibly drum up across the national press.
AND! Ten runners up will win a copy of Simon Squibb's best selling new book, What's Your Dream?
We’ll be announcing our full prize package shortly, so keep an eye on our socials.
⭐ Meet our judges! ⭐

Ifty Nasir
Founder and CEO of Vestd
Ifty Nasir,
Bradford-born founder and CEO, Ifty Nasir used to be the Vice President at BP before bowing out to pursue his lifelong passion project, Vestd.
Vestd is the UK’s first share scheme platform and enables companies to easily reward teams with a slice of the pie, without the expense and without the faff.

Simon Squibb
Founder of HelpBnk
British entrepreneur Simon Squibb became homeless at 15, prompting him to start his first business.
He founded and later sold the marketing agency Fluid to PwC. Currently, he leads HelpBnk, aiming to assist 10 million people in starting businesses. Simon is also a prominent social media influencer.
How do you enter and what are we looking for?
It’s dead simple. Just fill this form in and wait.
The closing date is 2pm on Friday, 14th March 2025. We will let winners know via email as soon as we can after that date.
And in terms of what we are looking for... this is wide open to companies of all sizes. We are looking for a company with a heart that is going above and beyond for their employees.
We are not judging 'which company offers the most', but we are looking for an inspiring company that does its utmost for its team.
Why does National Share Scheme Day exist...?
National Share Scheme Day raises awareness that employee share schemes give everybody a stake in society!
Our data shows that:
- 93% of company leaders said their share scheme helped their company grow...
- ...and 95% said shares improve employee loyalty.
- Many share schemes have tax incentives and to date, £480,000,000’s worth of tax has been saved by British companies with schemes in place.
- For every 100,000 companies that have a scheme, we can add £1bn to the economy.

How to celebrate National Share Scheme Day
There are loaaaaadssss of ways to get involved...
- Nominate your company for the UK’s Most Generous Employer Award. Enter here.
- Talk on social media about the benefits of having a scheme using the hashtags #SharingIsWinning and #NatShareSchemeDay. Tag in your local businesses and MPs for greater impact.
- If you’re a company leader, why not launch your share scheme today, or do something to celebrate your existing scheme? Have a party and share your pics on your socials using the hashtags listed above.

Resources, get your resources!
Pick up your Guide for Employers.

Or your Guide for Employees.

And don’t forget to grab some graphics for your socials.
Got some questions? 🤓
We’d love to hear from you. Email jemma@vestd.com for more info.
Happy National Share Scheme Day!