The UK population of over-60s is due to increase by 20% between now and 2027, with the fastest growth among the over-85s. Staff recruitment and retention is notoriously challenging in the domiciliary care sector, which can in turn have a negative impact on the quality of care. CASA is an employee-owned social enterprise that provides […]
Read moreThanks to our friends at Big Society Capital, Bridges has made a short film about the foster care programme our Social Impact Bond Fund is financing in Birmingham. The film explains how Core Assets is helping to move at-risk young people out of residential care and into secure foster placements, with the help of a […]
Read moreThe UK’s ageing population and rise in chronic illnesses are driving increasing demand for medicines and associated healthcare services, placing ever-greater pressure on primary care provision within the NHS. The Hub pharmacy is a new community pharmacy group that aims to improve local health outcomes by providing preventative health services in underserved areas. Additional services […]
Read moreBabington Group helps to combat the skills shortage in the UK with its growing offering of high-quality apprenticeships and skills training in a variety of sectors, such as finance and accountancy, health and social care, retail and property services. While backed by Bridges, Babington supported over 32,000 learners, and helped over 3,700 formerly unemployed people […]
Read moreBridges is redeveloping 6 East Parade, a previously vacant office building in Leeds city centre, in partnership with Evenacre. The refurbishment will see the installation of a variety of energy-efficiency measures, reducing the building’s carbon footprint as well as costs to tenants, most of which will be small to medium enterprises. 6EP will also support […]
Read moreBig Society Capital has created two short films highlighting the impact being made by two social sector organisations that have benefited from Bridges’ investment. HCT Group, a social enterprise bus operator that uses its profits to provide community transport services and training, raised a pioneering £4m round of investment from a group of social investors […]
Read moreMichele Giddens, partner and co-founder at Bridges Ventures, and Patrick Armstrong, chief investment officer at Plurimi Investment Managers, discuss the U.N. COP21 summit on climate change and what it means for the markets and investments. They speak to Bloomberg’s Guy Johnson on “Countdown.” Michele on Bloomberg
Read moreSince 2012, Career Connect’s SIB-funded programme has delivered thousands of improved outcomes for vulnerable young people, potentially saving the Government millions of pounds in future welfare payments Bridges, which invested in the SIB, has made a short film celebrating Career Connect’s story Career Connect and Teens & Toddlers (another Bridges-backed SIB) have both now repaid […]
Read moreIn 2014, Michele Giddens, partner and co-founder of Bridges Ventures, gave the keynote speech at the BVCA Summit, the largest annual gathering of the UK private equity industry. In her talk, Michele highlights the growth of the impact investment sector, discussing how impact is becoming both an imperative for businesses and consumers, and an opportunity […]
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Read moreIn this FT video interview, Michele Giddens talks about the increasing interest from institutional investors in sustainable and impact investment. Access the full interview
Read moreBrian Trelstad, partner and head of Bridges Impact+ in the US, writes in the LSE Business Review about how to scale the impact investing sector. One of the main obstacles currently, he argues, is the lack of a clear and broadly-accepted definition of what we mean when we talk about impact – at every stage […]
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