A SCOTS digital marketing agency has announced it has completed the move into employee ownership.
From today, Clean Digital’s 17-strong team are officially employee-owners and will have a significant and meaningful stake in the business.
Specialising in pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, the Leith-based agency has been delivering bespoke PPC strategies since 2012.
The equity of the business has been placed into an Employee Ownership Trust with trustees charged with safeguarding the business on behalf of the company’s staff members.
To make this happen, the owner has sold their shares to the trust, which will be paid for through company profits over a number of years.
Following the transition, Managing Director Rory Young will continue to lead the business alongside two newly appointed Board Directors, ensuring everything is running effectively from a top level.
Young said: “It’s been an exciting journey for us! After over a decade of success in the market, we’re thrilled to announce that Clean Digital is now fully employee owned.
“We pride ourselves on being an innovative, dynamic agency. Giving our staff transparency and reassurance moving forward, as well as placing them at the heart of the business was of utmost importance.”
An employee ownership company shares its responsibilities and rewards the wider team with no change in leadership or business location.
The change is also intended to sustain jobs in the local community, as well as creating greater income equality and faster job creation.
Clean Digital’s clients include Dobbies Garden Centre and Arden University, who they have supported with PPC advertising.
Louise Niven, Customer Director at Dobbies Garden Centres, said: “Clean Digital are very much an extension of our team, having supported on some of our biggest campaigns to-date with strong results delivered.
“This is an exciting step forward in their future, and we wish them all the best with this development.”
Clean Digital is based in Edinburgh, Scotland and was founded in 2012.
