Mairi Granville-George
Mairi is our specialist Knowledge Lawyer Director for our employee incentives team.
Mairi is responsible for keeping our lawyers and clients up-to-date on developments in share schemes and executive remuneration. This includes assisting with technical legal issues, delivering training, publishing our regular incentives newsletter and responding to relevant consultations issued by HMRC and the Treasury.
Our incentives team advises on the design and implementation of the full range of employee share plans and employee benefit trusts (including employee ownership trusts).
Mairi has particular expertise in tax-advantaged share plans, including enterprise management incentive options, and is a member of Share Plan Lawyers. She is also experienced in related employee tax and corporate governance issues.
Helping businesses to incentivise their employees has been the focus of my career. I enjoy finding commercial solutions to technical points which may arise in designing plans for our clients.
Ensuring that the workforce is motivated to drive the business forward has taken on greater significance, due to the recent challenges many companies have been facing and the shift towards hybrid working.
In this edition, we look at developments relevant to incentives and employee tax, including the new health and social care...
HMRC's Trust Registration Service is now open for non-taxable trust registrations.
HMRC has published an update on employment related securities, response to consultation on the expansion of the EMI Scheme awaited
New health and social care levy to be introduced in the UK, to pay for reforms to the care sector...
In this edition: EMI options call for evidence | New report on employee share ownership | Reminder on annual returns...
HMRC has provided an update on the extension of the Trust Registration Service to non-tax paying trusts
A new think-tank report calls for an expansion of employee share ownership in the UK and makes policy recommendations
The deadline for submitting HMRC annual returns in respect of employment-related security arrangements for the tax year ending 5 April...
The extension of tax support measures for businesses featured prominently, paving the way for tax rises later
The chancellor delivered his Spring Budget on 3 March 2021.
Attracting, and retaining, talent in today's competitive job market is a key contributor to the success of many businesses. This...