Bridges exits community-focused services business Nexgen
In its fourth exit of the year, Bridges is delighted to announce it has agreed to sell the Nexgen Group to Bidvest Noonan, a market-leading provider of facilities services.
Read moreBridges announces leadership evolution ahead of next growth phase
Michele Giddens will now be sole CEO of the firm, with Philip Newborough moving to a new role as Executive Chair.
Read moreFenglin Zhao joins Bridges
We are delighted to welcome Fenglin Zhao as a Director in our Client & Strategy Development team.
Read moreBridges promotes Kyle Bentwood and six others
Head of Origination Kyle Bentwood has been promoted to Partner, while six other team members across the Bridges team have also earned promotions.
Read moreBridges picks up its third award in three weeks
Bridges has been named Impact Investor of the Year at the British Private Equity Awards, as part of a fruitful ‘awards season’
Read moreBridges is a ‘Best for the World’ B Corp
Bridges has once again been recognised as a ‘Best for the World’ B Corp, in B Lab’s 2022 list of the top-performing certified B Corporations globally. We’re delighted to have been named a 2022 Best for the World™ B Corp™, which recognises those companies that score in the top 5% globally in the B Impact […]
Read moreIT recycling business Tier 1 partners with EOL to create £25m market leader
We’re delighted to announce that our portfolio company Tier 1 has joined forces with EOL IT Services, another IT asset disposal (ITAD) business, as we look to build another UK re-commerce champion. Tier 1 specialises in secure ITAD and refurbishment, helping to tackle the growing environmental challenge of electronic waste – of which 54m tonnes […]
Read more“It’s easy for people to get complacent and forget there are still challenges”
To mark International Women’s Day, we asked Jo Lyon – co-founder of Bridges portfolio company Talking Talent, a consultancy focused on diversity – to talk about how we build more equitable and inclusive workplaces. What was the problem you set out to solve with Talking Talent? Talking Talent started out looking at the challenges […]
Read moreBridges ranked in top tier of B Corps globally
Every year, certified B Corporations – businesses that publicly commit to the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability, as verified by the non-profit B Lab – must go through a re-certification process, to benchmark against current best practice. This process takes into account how the business operates across several categories – […]
Read moreInovus Medical wins Bridges Positive Impact Award 2021
This year, the Bridges Positive Impact Award – our category at the Growing Business Awards, intended to recognise growth businesses that are having a positive impact on people or the planet – was awarded to Inovus Medical. Bridges’ Kyle Bentwood discusses why the pioneering healthcare business stood out. Back in 2012, when Elliot Street and […]
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