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2nd October 2018

Bridges invests in Cucina and forms The Impact Food Group

Cucina is a fast-growing school catering business that serves 50 schools in England Healthier eating in schools drives better behaviour and attainment, and helps tackle the growing health crisis of childhood obesity Bridges’ investment will support the management team to expand to new schools and broaden Cucina’s service proposition Cucina joins Innovate to form the […]

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3rd October 2018

Bridges honoured at British Private Equity Awards 

We’re delighted to announce that Bridges has been named ‘Responsible Investor of the Year’ in this year’s Unquote British Private Equity Awards!  The award recognises managers who go beyond typical ESG requirements, thinking carefully about how they can make a positive impact on people or the planet. Bridges was honoured for incorporating impact into every […]

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3rd October 2018

Forbes: The future of social impact bonds

As governments look for more effective ways of tackling social challenges, outcomes contracts offer a way to target spending on the most effective solutions to pressing challenges – often by focusing on prevention rather than treating the symptoms – with the help of private capital and expertise. In this blog, Michele examines how outcomes contracts […]

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11th October 2018

Forbes: How governments can build the market

This year Michele led a working group for the Global Steering Group on Impact Investing, looking at what the governments of the 20 GSG members (19 countries plus the EU) have been doing to catalyse the growth of the market in their respective countries. In her latest Forbes blog, she summarises some of the key […]

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17th December 2018

Catalysing an Impact Investment Ecosystem: A Policymaker’s Toolkit

The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) is an independent collaboration of practitioners aiming to catalyse impact investment and entrepreneurship around the world. Bridges co-founder Michele Giddens (who previously chaired the UK National Advisory Board on Impact Investing, the GSG’s UK offshoot) recently led a Working Group tasked with exploring the role of government […]

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29th November 2018

Seven things to know about Bambino Mio

Last night at the Growing Business Awards, Bridges partner Antony Ross handed out our first ever Bridges Positive Impact Award – a new category designed to recognise growth businesses that are having a positive impact on people or the planet. The standard of entries was remarkably high, but ultimately the judges picked a winner: Bambino […]

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8th November 2018

Bonny Landers joins Bridges advisory platform to help investors define their impact strategy

Bridges Fund Management (“Bridges”) has hired Bonny Landers, a seasoned family office professional, to join its advisory team. Her role will focus on helping more families and high-net-worth clients develop a strategy for incorporating impact into their investments. Interest in impact investing has been growing rapidly in recent years, thanks partly to the ongoing transfer […]

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13th June 2018

Devon launches pioneering outcomes-based programme to prevent diabetes

Healthier Devon is a two-year programme of sustained support for those most at risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, to be delivered by Devon-based charity Westbank The programme has been commissioned by Devon County Council, with support from Bridges and Big Lottery Fund It is the first diabetes prevention programme in the UK to be […]

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5th June 2018

Forbes: The SDGs are an Opportunity, Not Just a Challenge

“The Sustainable Development Goals present a unique and critical challenge for countries around the world. But they’re also bringing to light some of the biggest investment opportunities in a generation.” Michele Giddens, Bridges’ co-founder, writes the first in a series of contributions to Forbes, discussing how the SDGs present not just a challenge for the […]

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11th June 2018

Michele Giddens awarded an OBE for services to international development and social finance

Congratulations from everyone at Bridges to our co-founder Michele Giddens, who was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to international development and social finance. Michele has been a pioneer in these fields for three decades. This well-deserved recognition reflects not only her achievements as co-founder and partner of Bridges, but also […]

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11th September 2018

Real Business: The Triple Bottom Line series

This year, Bridges is sponsoring a brand new category at the Amazon Growing Business Awards: the Bridges Positive Impact Award, intended to recognise growth businesses that are driving positive change for people or the planet. To celebrate the new award, Real Business has published ‘Triple Bottom Line’ – a series of three articles highlighting some […]

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9th July 2018

Forbes: Demographic trends are driving demand for impact investment

In Michele’s second Forbes blog, she looks at the demographic trends powering an increase in demand for impact investments – and looks at how the industry is starting to adapt. Read the article here.    

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