Isn’t this the dream that we all have? We work hard for a company and then find ourselves with stock options? The fashion chain Jigsaw is doing just this. They have given out £493,000 to their staff which includes 600 employees. Anyone who has been with the firm for over a year was given at least one share each under the plan. The program was put into place by Peter Ruis, a former fashion chief at John Lewis who joined the firm in 2013.
In total, Jigsaw ended up paying £1.6m of dividends with its six directors sharing £1.1m.