{"id":7855,"date":"2020-06-26T07:56:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T06:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pacificbuilding.co.uk\/?p=7855"},"modified":"2022-11-08T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T08:28:49","slug":"employee-owned-is-still-the-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacificbuilding.co.uk\/employee-owned-is-still-the-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"Employee Owned is still the answer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>THIS time last year (2019), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificbuilding.co.uk\/going-our-own-way-day\/\"><strong>Pacific were celebrating<\/strong><\/a> the first anniversary of their move to Employee Ownership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The barbecue was dusted off, the champers put on ice and the finest pub quizzes were compiled as the staff got together in the company car park to party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But this year&#8217;s planned bash to mark Pacific&#8217;s second birthday as an <a href=\"https:\/\/employeeownership.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" 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