5 October 2021

Have you heard about Tapestry’s Certificate in Employee Share Plans?
 
Following the positive feedback we have received for our 2021 virtual course, we are very excited to announce that our industry-leading course will also be delivered virtually for 2022!
 
However, we are combining virtual learning with in-person exams and optional in-person networking events - so the class of 2022 will get the best of both worlds.
 
Whether you want to learn about plan design, or how to develop and operate share plans effectively and compliantly, we will give you the knowledge to find the solutions you need - delivered in a flexible way, whilst still maintaining all the great things we know our attendees value. 
 
The 2022 Certificate will be delivered by leading industry experts - share plan lawyers at Tapestry Compliance. The course will run with virtual interactive teaching sessions, so you can take the course wherever you are. 

Completing the course continues to result in an accreditation by the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland (formerly known as the ICSA).
 
What does the course cover?
Tapestry’s Certificate in Employee Share Plans is a must have for anyone who works with executive or employee share plans. This course will help you gain specialist knowledge in:

• design
• accounting
• legal requirements
• disclosure
• taxation
• compliance

The course is suitable for anyone working with employee share plans, including benefits consultants, HR or compensation professionals, administrators, reward professionals and those in company secretariat.

How will the course be structured?
The course is split into 2 parts and each part will be taught over 5 short days on Zoom, finishing around lunch time each day. These session timings make it easier and more practical for on-screen learning and to fit around other commitments. 

The course will combine larger group teaching with participatory learning through smaller breakout sessions, each hosted by a Tapestry lawyer. These sessions ensure an interactive experience and the opportunity to learn from each other, with fun exercises and practical examples to help consolidate your knowledge.

Are there in-person networking opportunities?
Yes. One of the most valuable added benefits of the course is the networking opportunities that you get from being with your classmates outside of the office. Don’t worry, as long as it is safe and possible for us to do so, we will be hosting optional in-person networking sessions in London for both parts of the course. Dinner and drinks are on us!

How will the course be examined?
We know taking exams virtually adds additional stress and technology worries. To reduce this stress, provided it is safe and possible to do so, the exams will also be in-person. Exam centres will be in London and possibly other venues in the UK (TBC).

For those based overseas, exams will be virtual.

What are the dates for the course?
Each part of the course will run over five short days.

Part 1:                                                            Part 2:

How much will the course cost?
Our 2022 course price is £3,500 plus VAT. This represents a significant price saving to a fully in-person course (this is an almost 20% discount to the 2019 in-person price).

Register and pay by 31 December 2021 to get our Early Bird rate of £3,375 plus VAT.

How do I confirm my place?
We very much hope that you are able to join us – please contact us to book your place. Please indicate when making your booking if you are based in the UK or overseas.

What our 2021 course participants say...
"This is a fantastic course that will give you the practical skills to recognise and avoid the real issues faced by a business. Not only did the material reinforce and match my learnings from 15 years implementing global share plans, it also filled in some of my knowledge gaps. Highly recommended"
Robert Douglas (Shell)

"An interactive course presented by a highly knowledgeable team, helping to unravel the complex world of share plans"
Tom Goodman (GSK)

"The only employee share plans training you'll need to do" 
Matty Pownall (BP)

"My expectations of a virtual course have been greatly exceeded! Tapestry successfully delivered a course with complex content in a truly engaging (and fun!) way"
Bryony Padgett-Jones (YBS)

"Brilliant course led by experts with a wealth of share plans knowledge to tap into" 
Alex Couter (Smith and Nephew)

If you have any queries regarding the course, please do contact us. More information can also be found on our course website.

Emma Parker

15 July 2021

The Global Equity Organisation (GEO) has announced the election of nine members to its 2021-2022 Board of Directors and we are delighted to report that our very own Hannah Needle has been appointed to the Board!  

Hannah is also on the Board of Directors at Tapestry and leads on Tapestry’s legal services. She is therefore instrumental in the delivery, development and quality of our firm’s legal advice, both in the UK and globally. 

Hannah has been involved in GEO since her first days in the global equity industry and is honoured to be appointed to the Board alongside so many well-respected industry peers and friends. Hannah is looking forward to presenting at the GEO (virtual) annual conference later this year (see details below) – and hopes to see many of you there.

This is a fantastic accomplishment and I am sure you will all join us in congratulating Hannah alongside the other successful candidates!

For a full list of all the directors please visit the GEO website here. 

Team Tapestry

GEO Annual Virtual Conference - Registration now open
14 September to 7 October 2021
Registration is now open for this year's GEO virtual conference. Click here for more information.

June 2021

The Global Equity Organization (GEO) has announced that the election process for its Board of Directors is now open. We at Tapestry are big fans of GEO, having been supporters since its inception, and therefore we are delighted that our very own Hannah Needle is up for election this year!  

Hannah Needle, FGE is a Legal Director and on the Board of Directors at Tapestry. Hannah leads on Tapestry’s legal services, and is therefore instrumental in the delivery, development and quality of the firm’s legal advice, both in the UK and globally.

Hannah brings with her 17 years of experience in the industry, working in global equity and incentives with many of the biggest and best global companies. She is a leading practitioner in this area and holds a number of positions representing the equity industry, amongst practitioners, companies and regulatory bodies.

Hannah has been involved in GEO since her first days in the global equity industry and is honoured to be running for a position on the Board alongside so many well-respected industry peers and friends. She has served as a member of GEO’s Provider Alliance Council for 10 years and for the last 5 years has been an active member of GEO’s award-winning UK Chapter Committee.  

Please join us in supporting Hannah!

To cast your vote, please visit the GEO election page website GEO Elections | www.globalequity.org. Voting closes on 15th June. You must be a member of GEO to be able to vote.

Team Tapestry

27 November 2020

The benefits of the classroom, delivered online!

Do you find yourself working on your share plans but wondering - am I failing to spot big risks? Do you want to be able to reduce dependency on external advisers by handling more queries in-house? Or are you concerned about your learning and development now we're all working a little differently to normal?

Sign up for our Certificate in Employee Share Plans - which is going virtual for 2021!
 
Whether you want to learn about plan design, or how to develop and operate share plans effectively and compliantly, we will give you the knowledge to find the solutions you need - delivered in a flexible way, whilst still maintaining all the great things we know our attendees value. 

The 2021 Certificate will be run with the same quality teaching - delivered by leading industry experts, share plan lawyers at Tapestry Compliance - but with virtual interactive teaching sessions, so you can take the course wherever you are, whether that’s part-time back in the office or from the comfort of your own home.

Completing the course continues to result in an accreditation by the Chartered Governance Institute (formerly known as ICSA).

Keep up-to-date with the legal and governance considerations and reduce the risk of non-compliance. Whether in the UK or globally, investigate all key aspects of share plans, including:

• design
• accounting
• reporting and disclosure
• taxation
• compliance 

How will the course be structured?

Our flexible on-screen learning structure will combine larger group teaching with participatory learning through smaller breakout sessions, each hosted by a Tapestry lawyer. You will still get the same interactive experience and the opportunity to learn from each other, with fun case studies and practical examples to help consolidate your new knowledge.
 
Dates for the course?

Each part of the course will run over five short days. Our exams will be run virtually too.

Part 1 

Part 2

How much will the course cost?

Taking the course virtual means we are able to offer you our 2021 course at £3,250 plus VAT, which is a saving of around 25% on the 2020 price!

How do I confirm my place?

We very much hope that you are able to join us – please  email training@tapestrycompliance.com to book your place.

Janet Cooper OBE and Emma Parker

30 September 2020

We are delighted to let you know that Tapestry Compliance is now employee owned. Today we transferred all the shares in Tapestry to an Employee Ownership Trust (“EOT”) which will hold the shares on behalf of all the employees.  We wanted to give our employees the opportunity that our clients give to their employees, the opportunity to have a stake in the business, as well as to shape the future of the firm going forward.

Whilst we will remain as advisors to the Board and also Trustees of the EOT, it’s the team that are the owners of the business. As such, they will be even more committed to providing excellent service.

We feel this is an exciting time for the firm. After founding Tapestry 9 years ago, we wanted to ensure that there was a plan in place for the future of the business and Employee Ownership is what we do! 

Chris Fallon and Carla Walsham, senior lawyers in the team, have been appointed for a term to be directors. The other trustees will be Hannah Needle, Matthew Hunter and Elaine Marriner.

We hope that at some point in the future, you will be able to join with us all here at Tapestry, to celebrate as we move forward with this new chapter.  In the meantime, it’s business as usual.

If you would like to talk to Janet or Bob about this, or have any questions, please do let us know.

We look forward to continuing to work with you.

Best wishes
Janet Cooper OBE and Bob Grayson

1 October 2020

We are delighted to announce that Tapestry has again been recognised in the Top Tier of the Legal 500, an industry leading guide designed to help companies find the right advisors. 
For more details, including some lovely testimonials from our wonderful clients, please click here.

We are also delighted to announce that 5 members of our team received individual accolades:

This is fantastic news and the timing could not be better. As announced yesterday, Tapestry is now 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owned business, we continue to partner closely with our clients, helping them to deliver employee ownership and engagement to their workforce.  

Thank you to our clients who gave comments. The write up this year notes our ‘strong reputation at the top of the market’, ‘very commercial approach’ and ‘great value for money’.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our clients and supporters who have helped us to grow over the years, to achieve such ongoing recognition and to transition into a fully employee-owned business.

Thank you!

1 September 2020

I am delighted to let you know I have been appointed to be the Deputy Chair of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). For anyone in the UK, the RNLI is a very well-known and much-loved charity, nearly 200 years old. The RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat crews provide a 24-hour rescue service in the UK and Ireland, seasonal lifeguards look after people on our busy beaches and flood rescue teams help those affected by flooding. More recently the RNLI has been involved in tackling the high number of deaths from drowning around the world, facilitating discussions within the UN to obtain the first UN resolution to support those communities. https://rnli.org/about-us/how-the-rnli-is-run/our-trustees

I feel very privileged to be involved in such a great organisation where the volunteers courageously and selflessly go out in all weathers to save the lives of others. In times of such ferocious weather like we have had recently, the RNLI volunteers will have been out helping those in boats who are in trouble and also those who have found themselves unexpectedly in the sea. There is also a wonderful community of RNLI volunteers, of all ages, around the country, who work tirelessly to raise funds for the necessary equipment and crew training. It really is a huge inspiration to work with people who are passionate about their role in the RNLI and I am thrilled they have asked me to be their Deputy Chair.

Volunteering has always been something which I have supported whole heartedly. When I speak at our industry events  I usually mention the importance of volunteering above and beyond ‘the day job’. Whether it's in our own community, like supporting GEO or ProShare, or in your local community, it can often offer different perspectives as well as open up the opportunity of new experiences and being of help to others.  

I would urge anyone who feels that they can find some time to think about volunteering for a cause they care about - that could be helping out at an operational level or using your experience in helping to run an organisation as a trustee or advisor.  If you have any questions about possibly taking on a volunteer role, I would be happy to help, please do get in touch with me. I think many of our experiences this year have brought home the importance of community and of supporting each other. I have certainly looked to do this in how we, at Tapestry, have been supporting our clients and friends, as well as individually each of us looking at how we can support our wider communities.

Happy volunteering!

Janet

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We are delighted to announce that Carla Walsham and Matthew Hunter have been recognised by The Legal 500 rankings this year with the accolade 'Rising Stars'. 

In addition, Hannah Needle's achievements are acknowledged through her progression to 'Next Generation Partner'.

The Legal 500 is an industry leading guide designed to help companies find the right advisors. This year we are Top Tier again.

Thank you to our clients who gave comments. The write up this year noted our ‘expert knowledge’ and ‘industry-leading understanding of the financial services sector’. As a firm at the forefront of progressive agile working practices, Janet Cooper is distinguished as a specialist on ‘diversity and gender considerations’ whilst Bob Grayson is expert in ‘all aspects of global compliance’.