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 launched a competition to find the country's Most Generous Company.
Stay tuned to find out who the lucky winner is!
⭐ 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.
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, but here are two to get you going:
- 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!