Bridges Evergreen Holdings is a new kind of investment vehicle, designed to free ambitious mission-led businesses from the constraints of traditional fund structures It will look to back profit-with-purpose companies, public sector spin-outs, social sector organisations and employee-owned businesses It is structured as a holding company rather than a fund so it can provide ongoing […]
Read morePioneers Post looks at our latest investment vehicle, Bridges Evergreen Holdings. Evergreen is a new permanent capital vehicle designed to free ambitious mission-led businesses from the constraints of traditional fund structures. Building on our experience of working with high-impact social businesses, Evergreen is structured as a holding company rather than a fund – so it […]
Read moreSt Paul’s Square in Birmingham and Newton Court in Wolverhampton both proved attractive to SME buyers Bridges sold the individual units within the two buildings at an average price of £110 per sq. ft. and £175 per sq. ft. respectively, having carried out extensive refurbishment work to make the buildings more attractive to SMEs The […]
Read moreHCT Group’s ‘Independent Travel Training’ scheme will help children with special educational needs (SEN) travel to school on public transport Acquiring this greater level of independence has a huge and lasting impact on the children’s quality of life It can also mitigate Local Authorities’ spend on providing transport to school for SEN children, which costs […]
Read moreAfrican governments can play an incredibly important role in stimulating investments that generate positive societal impact alongside investor returns, according to a new report by Bridges IMPACT +, the advisory arm of Bridges Ventures, and the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA). The report, Investing for Impact: A strategy of choice for African […]
Read moreBridges Ventures (Bridges) and Impetus Trust (Impetus) today announced they have led an investor syndicate supporting charity Teens and Toddlers to deliver a 3-year, £3.25 million payment-by-results contract through the Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) Innovation Fund. The Innovation Fund was set up by the government to support disadvantaged young people improve their education, employment […]
Read moreBridges Ventures announces that its Venture Fund has invested in the acquisition of Babington Business College (“Babington”), an East Midlands based vocational training company with a turnover of £2.4m. The College has seven training centres and will provide Bridges Ventures with an opportunity to build on its strategy of pursuing investments in the education sector, […]
Read moreBridges Ventures and The Parthenon Group have published a ground-breaking new report looking at investments that can make a positive social or environmental impact as well as financial returns. The report is intended to help the investment community gain a better understanding of the growing Impact Investment industry. An evening event, kindly hosted by J.P. […]
Read moreBridges Ventures, the investment company whose commercial expertise is used to deliver both financial returns and social and environmental benefits, is pleased to announce two additions to its Sustainable Property Fund team. Guy Bowden joins as Acquisitions Director and David Schlegel joins as an Associate. Guy has over 20 years experience in the property industry with […]
Read moreBridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, has expanded its environment team with the appointment of Tom Fourcade as Investment Director. Tom will be responsible for selecting and supporting new investments for the environment sector in the Bridges Venture Funds. The Funds invest capital in businesses across key themes with strong fundamentals including environment, education and […]
Read moreLondon, 12 September 2011: Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor and Ardenham Energy Ltd, the developer and installer of renewable energy projects in homes, farms and businesses, have finalised terms on an initial £2m investment designed to fund the company’s expansion across the UK. Ardenham Energy specialises in renewable energy installations, focusing on Solar Photovoltaic […]
Read moreLondon, 12 June 2012: Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, today said it has sold its stake in Pure Washrooms Ltd. to the company’s management team. This is Bridges’ second successful exit in two weeks, after announcing the sale of The Hoxton Hotel at the end of last month. Pure Washrooms is a Coventry-based washroom […]
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