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From creating a culture of togetherness to simply doing the right thing, employee ownership has helped UMi become a better business for both its customers and its staff. Here, Simon Allen, Chair of UMi’s Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) explains how the company became employee-owned back in 2011 and why #BetterTogether is a fitting philosophy for its 130+ strong team. No ...

A North East charitable Foundation has marked its £50m milestone in grantmaking that boosts communities. County Durham Community Foundation was founded 25 years ago by people who love, live and breathe the North East. With the support of local philanthropists and businesses, the Foundation awards hundreds of small grants each year to community groups and projects making a ...

Workforce engagement has been in the spotlight in recent days as business leaders committed to supporting and empowering their teams were celebrated at Best Companies Live 2021. What does it take for a company to be world class? Is it about great leadership, giving something back, investing in personal growth, putting wellbeing front and centre, or being a forward-loo ...

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2021 (February 8 to 15), we are sharing the stories of some of the team who started their journeys as apprentices. After completing her first apprenticeship at another company –and seeing the benefits of combining external learning with on-the-job training - Leigh Alder moved to UMi to complete her Level 3 NVQ in Business Administration ...

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2021 (8 to 15 February), we are sharing the stories of some of the team who started their journeys as apprentices. After realising A-levels weren’t for her, Bethany Ward began an apprenticeship in Business Administration at UMi in March 2019, attracted by the prospect of learning new skills in an office environment while earning a wage. ...

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week 2021 (8 to 15 February), we have decided to share the stories of some of the team who started their journeys at UMi as apprentices. Kate Buckle joined UMi in January 2020 and completed an apprenticeship in digital marketing before becoming a Digital Campaign Executive in November. Here, she reveals how the mix of classroom learning and ...

UMi has won the contract to deliver a 33-month extension to the highly successful Digital Drive County Durham programme on behalf of Business Durham, seeing business owners supported with how to embrace digital adoption until June 2023. UMi has been delivering Digital Drive County Durham since its launch in January 2018. So far, over 1,100 companies have registered on ...

UMi has won the contract to deliver a 33-month extension to the highly successful Digital Drive County Durham programme on behalf of Business Durham, seeing business owners supported with how to embrace digital adoption until June 2023. UMi has been delivering Digital Drive County Durham since its launch in January 2018. So far, over 1,100 companies have registered on ...

Here at UMi, we believe businesses have the power to make a difference and that by working together businesses can do more and go further - that's why we have introduced the UMi network. We know that to make that difference it takes more than just us... it takes a whole network of open minded businesses, individuals and partners (from the youngest of start ups, to the ...

On Friday 26 June 2020, thousands of employee owned (EO) businesses came together to celebrate EO Day. UMi has been a member of the EO association since it became wholly employee owned in 2014. To celebrate the annual occasion, UMi contributed to the #EOIsTheAnswer campaign and celebrated our very own Employee Ownership by sharing our  reasons why EO is the answer.   ...