SME Profile: Heritage practice sets sights on ‘John Lewis’ model

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Purcell looks to safeguard future of the business with move into employee ownership

Heritage and conservation specialist Purcell says it wants to secure the future of the business and leave a legacy as it seeks to move to an employee ownership model.

Following in the footsteps of other practices such as Make and more recently Assael, Purcell chief executive Mark Goldspink says that plans to “gift” the business to the Purcell Trust, acting on behalf of the firm’s staff, mirrors the model adopted by retailer John Lewis.

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