Bridges Ventures (“Bridges”), the specialist fund manager dedicated to sustainable and impact investment, has announced the successful final close of the Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund. The £25m, first of its kind fund provides investment and support for early intervention social care programmes in areas such as education, employment, housing and care for vulnerable young […]
Read moreBridges Ventures (‘Bridges’), the sustainable and impact investment specialist, today announced the appointment of a new Investment Manager, James Hurrell, to join the firm’s Sustainable Growth Funds team. James joins Bridges at an important time for the firm where the third Sustainable Growth Fund, which successfully closed earlier this year at £125m, is expanding its […]
Read moreBridges Ventures is delighted to announce that portfolio company The Gym Group has been selected as the UK National Champion in the 2013/14 European Business Awards. The European Business Awards, now in its 8th year, recognise and promote excellence, best practice and innovation in the European business community. The Gym competed with the top businesses […]
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that Qbic Hotel has been awarded a Platinum level GreenLeader award by TripAdvisor for being their number 1 green hotel in London in 2014. “TripAdvisor GreenLeaders are leading the hospitality industry in making efforts to improve their environmental footprint,” said Jenny Rushmore, director of responsible travel at TripAdvisor. “We greatly […]
Read moreBridges Property Alternatives Fund has bought its first three investments worth around £30m in separate partnerships with Hub and Evanacre. Read the article here.
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that Bridges Ventures has moved to a new office to accommodate our expanding team. Our new home at 38 Seymour Street is a natural choice. The site was once home to Charles Booth (1840-1916), a great British businessman, philanthropist and sociologist, famous for his research into working class life in London. […]
Read moreLegal & General Property (LGP), on behalf of its Legal & General UK Property Fund, has bought a portfolio of three care homes from the Careplaces Fund, the specialist healthcare property fund managed by Bridges Ventures in partnership with care home developer Castleoak for £25.2m. Read the article
Read moreBirmingham City Council has launched a new child fostering placement scheme that is being run by Core Assets Group with funding from Bridges Ventures. Read the article
Read moreLegal & General Property (LGP), on behalf of its Legal & General UK Property Fund, announces that it has successfully acquired a portfolio of three care homes from the CarePlaces Fund, the specialist healthcare property fund managed by Bridges Ventures in partnership with care home developer Castleoak. Purchased for a total consideration of £25.2 million, […]
Read moreA pioneering new foster placement scheme has been launched in Birmingham, supported by a Social Impact Bond (SIB). Following a competitive tender process, Birmingham City Council selected Outcomes for Children, a social enterprise within Core Assets Group, to deliver the service, with funding from Bridges Ventures’ Social Sector Funds. Nationally, too many young people grow […]
Read moreIn the UK, a ‘social business frontier’ is emerging between pure social and pure business, containing organisations that combine and align both financial and social goals. In this report, Bridges Impact+ provides a framework to understand which businesses are delivering social impact, whether they are protecting that impact and how well that impact is protected. […]
Read moreAfter two years of research the authors of a new book say they’ve identified a dozen funds that stand out in terms of both their impact on society and their financial performance. Read the article
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