A specialist printing company in Bristol has become employee owned in a bid to ensure it is "fit for the future".
George Burr set up Redcliffe Imaging more than 30 years ago to provide bespoke printing services to businesses and individuals.
The company, on Crofts End Road, now employs 14 staff members with some having worked for the firm for more than two decades.
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Mr Burr said he made the decision to switch the firm to an employee-owned trust after deciding to step back from the company.
He said: “I chose an employee ownership trust as a viable exit route as I considered it was the best way to acknowledge the massive contribution of the long-serving employees of Redcliffe. It also had tax advantages for both myself and the employees.
“In this transition period I'm still involved with Redcliffe, but in a much smaller, hands-off way. This new free time has enabled me to make extended travel plans and spend more time in the great outdoors, which is my great passion.”
Redcliffe Imaging works with artists including Jenny Urquhart, known for her iconic images of Bristol, and Peter Spens, known for his fine art work of London and the official artist for the Olympics in London 2012, Rio 2016, and Tokyo 2020.
Tom Chard, the company's managing director, said: “Becoming employee owned has been a steep learning curve for us all in that it takes time to understand how it works and who is responsible for what.
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“Now the ‘new look’ Redcliffe is beginning to ‘bed in’ and we understand that the harder we work and the more productive we are, the more we will all benefit.”
The Redcliffe Imaging team were supported in becoming an employee ownership trust by Chris Maslin who runs Go EO, an independent company which works with SMEs considering this business model.
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