22nd July 2026
The Ethical Housing Company secures new investment to scale its affordable rental housing model
The Ethical Housing Company has completed a new capital-raise that will allow it to scale its support to more than 1,000 people in the local area.
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5th January 2024
Bridges exits Just Transition business AgilityEco for 3.4x return
Bridges has exited its investment in AgilityEco, a fast-growing home decarbonisation delivery platform with a strong social and environmental purpose
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23rd July 2022
B the Change
Bridges has been a strong supporter of the B Corporation movement, which is all about enabling and celebrating business as a force for good
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6th February 2023
Leeds BTR scheme secures forward funding for 488 homes
Bridges and HUB have secured £108m of forward funding from Realstar to build 488 high-quality lower-cost homes in Leeds.
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16th February 2023
Bridges and HubCap team up for low-carbon living scheme
Bridges and HUB have jointly acquired a a 12,069 sq. ft site in Ludgate Hill, with a view to converting the current office space into a highly sustainable aparthotel.
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10th June 2022
Bridges to deliver much-needed student accommodation in Belfast
Bridges has teamed up with ROK Property to develop new student housing north of Belfast City Centre, on a site which previously housed retail and office buildings.
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13th July 2022
Bridges acquires 31-acre site for proposed Wakefield employment scheme
We’re delighted to announce the purchase of a 31-acre site to the east of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, in partnership with Opus North. Our plan is to develop a commercial hub for the local area that will create a significant number of jobs. ‘City Fields’, as the scheme will be branded, recently saw previous owner Keyland […]
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9th November 2022
Bridges invests in Storetec to support better data security
Bridges is delighted to announce its investment into Storetec, a digitisation and data storage business in which it has acquired a majority stake. Storetec, based in Hull, provides outsourced document scanning, archive storage and cloud-based document management solutions to businesses in both the public and private sectors, including NHS Trusts, councils, FTSE 100 companies, professional […]
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6th January 2022
M&G invests in Bridges’ pioneering Birchgrove platform
We’re pleased to announce that Birchgrove, our pioneering ‘assisted living for rent’ platform, has agreed to sell its first two sites (in Sidcup and Woking) to global asset manager M&G for £69m. Demand for high-quality assisted living accommodation in the UK is rising, given the country’s ageing population and the limited availability of retirement living […]
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5th August 2021
Wholebake gets new partner for next growth phase
We’re delighted to announce that Elysian Capital has acquired a majority stake in Wholebake, the healthy snack bar manufacturer that has created over a hundred jobs at its BRC AA-accredited production facilities in North Wales. This new investment represents a successful exit for the Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds, which initially invested in Wholebake in 2014. […]
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20th August 2021
Bridges exits The Vet
We’re pleased to announce that Bridges has exited its investment in The Vet, the UK-based affordable veterinary services provider, to trade buyer CVS Group. Bridges created The Vet in 2013 (in partnership with founder/CPO Jane Baldwin), recognising that while the number of pet owners was growing steadily, many were finding it hard to access quality […]
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7th October 2021
Bridges backs Talking Talent
We’re delighted to announce that Bridges has invested in Talking Talent, a business that helps organisations to build more diverse, inclusive and equitable, work cultures for everyone via coaching and leadership consulting programmes. Working with progressive organisations, Talking Talent focuses on retention and career progression of under-represented employees, including women, ethnically diverse groups and working […]
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