20th March 2018

Bridges named among industry leaders in ImpactAssets 50

We are delighted to have been included in this year’s ImpactAssets 50. The IA50 is an annual list of the world’s 50 leading impact investment fund managers, selected for their excellence in demonstrating positive social, environmental and financial impact. Six of this year’s IA50 (including Bridges) have now raised over $1bn since inception. See the […]

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22nd February 2018

IP&E: Impact investors begin to build momentum in UK affordable housing

IP&E Real Estate looks at the growth of institutional investment in the private rented sector and affordable housing, highlighting the recent launch by Bridges Evergreen Holdings of The Ethical Housing Company in Redcar, Teesside. Read the article here.    

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23rd February 2018

Property Week: Challenges to rise to in 2018

In this Property Week round-table, Simon Ringer, head of the Bridges property funds, joined other sector experts to discuss the outlook for the property sector in 2018, picking out the key challenges and opportunities for investors in the months ahead.    

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30th May 2018

Growth Business: The essential guide to raising private equity

Growth Business presents a guide for scale-up businesses on how to access growth capital. The article includes contributions from a variety of businesses that have successfully raised funding from private equity – including Innovate Services, a fast-growing specialist catering company that provides healthy, nutritious school meals. The Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds invested in Innovate earlier […]

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30th May 2018

Growth Business: The essential guide to raising private equity

In this guide, Growth Business explains how scale-up businesses can tackle an all-important issue: raising private equity. Hearing directly from a variety of businesses that have raised private equity funds, the article discusses how the UK market has bounced back from Brexit and what the best way of raising private equity funds. It also profiles […]

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30th May 2018

Growth Business: The essential guide to raising private equity

In this guide, Growth Business explains how scale-up businesses can tackle an all-important issue: raising private equity. Hearing directly from a variety of businesses that have raised private equity funds, the article discusses how the UK market has bounced back from Brexit and what the best way of raising private equity funds. It also profiles […]

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30th May 2018

Growth Business: The essential guide to raising private equity

Growth Business: The essential guide to raising private equity In this guide, Growth Business explains how scale-up businesses can tackle an all-important issue: raising private equity. Hearing directly from a variety of businesses that have raised private equity funds, the article discusses how the UK market has bounced back from Brexit and what the best […]

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5th June 2018

Growth Business: The essential guide to raising private equity

Growth Business presents a guide for scale-up businesses on how to access growth capital. The article includes contributions from a variety of businesses that have successfully raised funding from private equity – including Innovate Services, a fast-growing specialist catering company that provides healthy, nutritious school meals. The Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds invested in Innovate earlier […]

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5th June 2018

Growth Business: The essential guide to raising private equity

Growth Business presents a guide for scale-up businesses on how to access growth capital. The article includes contributions from a variety of businesses that have successfully raised funding from private equity – including Innovate Services, a fast-growing specialist catering company that provides healthy, nutritious school meals. The Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds invested in Innovate earlier […]

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21st November 2017

The Guardian: Hundreds of rough sleepers in Manchester to be offered homes

The Greater Manchester Homes Partnership – supported by the Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund and championed by mayor Andy Burnham – is a pioneering public-private sector collaboration to tackle rough sleeping across Greater Manchester. The £1.8m outcomes contract represents the largest Government commitment to any homelessness programme outside London. Read the Guardian’s take on it […]

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9th January 2018

Real Deals: Bridges-backed Viva Gym acquires Fitness Hut

Our Spanish portfolio company Viva Gym has joined forces with Portugal’s Fitness Hut to create the largest low-cost gym group in Iberia, with almost 200,000 members and revenues of more than €50m. Real Deals covers the deal here.      

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2nd February 2018

In the Press: Positive Families Partnership in The Guardian & City AM

Positive Families Partnership is a new initiative designed to help keep hundreds of vulnerable families across London together, by preventing young people from being taken into care. Jointly commissioned by five London boroughs — Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Bexley, Merton and Newham — it has been structured as an outcomes contract funded by a social impact bond — so the provider is […]

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