Marvin OnumonuSOCOTEC Group has launched its Blue Alliance employee shareholding scheme for staff in the United Kingdom (UK).
The move follows a strong uptake in France, where 40% of employees became shareholders after the 2024 launch.
UK staff with permanent contracts and at least three months’ service as of 29th September 2025 are now eligible to buy shares in the company.
Blue Alliance is part of SOCOTEC’s action plan to improve benefits and give employees a direct stake in the company, which has grown to €1.7bn (£1.45bn) in size.
Lisa Massey, HR director at SOCOTEC UK and Ireland, said: “Bringing Blue Alliance to the United Kingdom has been a very exciting move for our staff.
“In achieving our Great Place to Work® status, some of the feedback received was that an all-employee share ownership scheme would be welcomed.
“When it comes to our people, we have always had a ‘you say, we do’ mentality – so that’s exactly what we did, we went away and made it happen.”
Massey added: “We want to have the best employee value proposition within our sector, so we are constantly working on the improvement of our value proposition to employees, and developing solutions that make us the most attractive proposition for them in joining and staying with us at SOCOTEC.”
Matthew Marriott, CEO of SOCOTEC UK and Ireland, said: “The tremendous success we have seen since Blue Alliance’s launch in France has reinforced our belief that employee ownership helps to create a stronger, more unified organisation.
“We’re excited to extend this opportunity to our UK colleagues and look forward to seeing the positive impact it will have on our teams and throughout our business.”
