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# Share incentives: driving growth in your business

3 February, 2026

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Well-designed share incentive schemes can play a powerful role in private companies – not only in attracting and retaining talent, but in aligning management and employees with long-term goals and value creation.

In the January edition of *UK Private Company Director*, Claire Matthews of law firm Taylor Wessing explores how the right share plans can reward value creation over time – including allowing key people to realise some value before a full sale, as well as at exit – alongside the tax advantages available and the changes coming into force from 2026.

**[Read the full article in the January edition of *UK Private Company Director*](https://www.corbettkeeling.com/hubfs/UKPCD/UK_Private_Company_Director_Q4_2025_Taylor_Wessing.pdf).**

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