Claire Pearce, Director of Planning and Economic Development, has contributed to Heart of the South West‘s LEP’s mini blog series for International Women & Girls in Science Day.

Salamanca Groups’ Director of Planning & Economic Development: Claire Pearce chaired the Regeneration and Investment Showcase session at the Western Gateway Development Conference.

Salamanca Group congratulates Wildfox Resorts following the news that their first resort in the Afan Valley was granted consent for both the Reserved Matters and discharge of conditions applications.

Salamanca Group are delighted that the Group’s principal investment, Gravity, is included in its portfolio of investment zones in the recently published Growth Plan 2022.

Salamanca Group looks forward to collaborating with and supporting Larks Leaf Asset Management, a new asset management platform aiming to be a leading manager of digital assets. 

Salamanca Group Chairman, Martin Bellamy shared his thoughts on Bounce Forwards’ progress to date and potential for growth with their Ambassador for Corporate Sponsorship,  Voula Tsoflias.

Wildfox Resorts Afan Valley delivery team led by Salamanca Group have been given formal planning permission by Neath Port Talbot Council.

Salamanca Group Director and former FA Chairman, Lord David Triesman, discusses the cultural shift required within the private sector to help realise the UK’s climate ambitions, as published in the Times.

Salamanca Group is proud to announce the completion of its 2020 Grand Challenge, a team-building endurance race to keep everyone engaged and distracted during lockdown.

Salamanca Group Chairman, Martin Bellamy was interviewed on BBC 5 Live’s Wake up to Money programme. He discussed the health of the global economy and Gravity, the group’s principal investment.

Salamanca Group launches it’s 2020 Grand Challenge, cyclists take on runners in a virtual race around the world in support of Bounce Forward, the UK based education charity.

Salamanca Group and This is Gravity Ltd Chairman, Martin Bellamy, was interviewed on BBC Radio Somerset discussing the issues surrounding the capacity of vaccine production in the UK and how this is an enormous opportunity for the UK to showcase its unbelievable scientific work.

London, May 20, 2020 – Martin Bellamy, Chairman of This Is Gravity Ltd and Salamanca Group, discusses in The Times the need for the UK to produce enough vaccines to export.

Salamanca Group is proud to announce that Group Director, Lord Triesman will be taking part in a unique panel discussion on; Achieving personal growth in the aftermath of COVID-19

Salamanca Group Chairman, Martin Bellamy was interviewed by Ian King on Sky News, the interview centered on the issues around SMEs and the Bounce Back Loans.

The UK’s economy is heavily dependent on small-medium enterprises (SMEs). According to the Federation of Small Businesses, at the start of 2019, there were 5.9 million SMEs in Britain, which by generating £2.2 trillion accounted for half of all turnover in the UK.

The UK, currently in the grip of Covid-19, is experiencing a massive strain upon our health service. The NHS needs more ventilators to cope with the expected caseload. To help the government supply the NHS with this equipment, the private sector must play its part where it can in lending a helping hand.

Britain’s economy is underpinned by small-medium enterprises (SMEs). With over 5.9 million SMEs in the UK in 2019, these businesses make up 99% of all our businesses. But the government’s emergency coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS) is proving to be inaccessible for the majority of SMEs, who are in desperate need of cash injections to stay afloat during this crisis. In response, Salamanca Group has set up an advisory process to smooth this process for SMEs and help Britain’s economy weather the storm.

Listen to Salamanca Group’s Chairman on Radio 4 Today, discussing why CBILS are an excellent idea but need refinement to help the UK’s SME’s

The Covid-19 crisis is strangling many company’s cash flows. In desperate need of support, the government took the correct step to launch the emergency coronavirus business interruption loan scheme (CBILS). But the scheme is currently not optimised to enable banks to feel comfortable lending to enough businesses. Salamanca Group has set up an advisory process to smooth this process and help Britain’s economy weather the storm.

Salamanca Group and Hines Associates have partnered to launch a rapid response team to support the large volumes of businesses needing to prepare robust business cases to accesses the loans.

We are proud to be supporting Bounce Forward, a charity that delivers training, skills and resources to build student’s capacity to be resilient and thrive when faced with adversity, like now during COVID 19 restrictions.

Salamanca Group CEO and Gravity Chairman, Martin Bellamy shared his vision for how the UK economy can emerge from this crisis stronger in City AM.

We undertake significant travel around the world to support customer requirements and as a result, activated our business continuity process to manage the impact of COVID-19 some weeks ago.

Our Chairman, Martin Bellamy, spoke with Alex Forsyth about the need for greater regional investment from Government, enabling the South West’s infrastructure and mobility offering to develop in line with the rest of the UK.

Salamanca Group CEO and Gravity Chairman, Martin Bellamy discussed the importance of investors considering the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions.

Salamanca Group is delighted to announce it will be hosting the next European Leadership Network Strategic Insight Breakfast seminar on 5th February 2020. This breakfast will be chaired by Lord Des Browne and with a key speaker from Sinespace confirmed. 

Salamanca Group recently co-costed the latest Strategic Insight Breakfast with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This event focused on Europe’s stance within the global artificial intelligence race.  As part of the event, we organized a series of exclusive interviews with the guest speakers.

Click read more to watch the exclusive full interview between Lord Des Browne and Dr Ulrike Franke as they explore how stakeholders from defence & security can better collaborate.

Salamanca Group recently co-costed the latest Strategic Insight Breakfast with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This event focused on Europe’s stance within the global artificial intelligence race.  As part of the event, we organized a series of exclusive interviews with the guest speakers.

Click read more to watch the exclusive full interview between Lord David Triesman and Ollie Whitehouse as they discuss what meaningful changes AI may bring about.

Salamanca Group recently co-costed the latest Strategic Insight Breakfast with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This event focused on Europe’s stance within the global artificial intelligence race.  As part of the event, we organized a series of exclusive interviews with the guest speakers.

Click read more to watch the exclusive full interview between Lord Des Browne and Ollie Whitehouse, CTO at NCC Group, as they explore the risks and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence.

Read our exclusive whitepaper following from our latest Strategic Insight Breakfast, which brought together experts in the field of artificial intelligence to discuss the current AI landscape and the geostrategic and societal implications of its future implications for Europe.

Salamanca Group announces the appointment of Simon Alsop as Financial Director. Simon joins at a period of growth for the Group and is highly experienced, having held senior financial positions at ICAEW, Aikona Management and the Thomson Corporation.

Salamanca Group, a leading Merchant Bank, home to experts in global investment advisory is delighted to announce it will be hosting the next European Leadership Network Think Tank breakfast on 6th November 2019. This breakfast will be chaired by Lord Des Browne and we welcome our sector experts from NCC Group and the European Council on Foreign Relations.

The ceremony for the construction of a new link road to enable the delivery of the 635-acre Enterprise Zone, newly named Gravity, is a key milestone in unlocking its future. Gravity aims to be the UK’s leading innovation campus underpinned by Clean Growth.

Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). The ELN is a group of leading foreign ministers, military chiefs and diplomats from across all major European nations. It aims to provide deep security and business strategic analysis and brings together emerging leaders who may not yet have the networks to know each other well. Lord Triesman, Director of Salamanca Group, is on its Board.  Every month, Salamanca Group co-hosts a private breakfast meeting in the Salamanca Group London office for members and guests to meet and discuss a pre-agreed subject. If you are interested in attending one of these events, please email. R.Stevens@salamanca-group.com

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). The most recent topic focused on “Economic and Financial Sanctions”, exploring the the private sectors concerns about the increasing presence of international economic sanctions.

Lord David Triesman has over 40 years’ experience working with Cuban leaders and their Ambassadors in London, strengthened when responsible for Anglo-Cuban relations as a Foreign Office Minister in the mid-2000s and deepened with time.

The development of such a trusted relationship with partners in-country, aided by a long term vision and presence, has allowed Salamanca Group to be part of the opening of Cuba to foreign investment.

Lord David Triesman is leading this initiative and his blog will provide a regular assessment of progress and opportunity as we create, together with the Cubans, a new financial hub.

If you are interested in subscribing to this blog or discussing Cuban opportunities in general, please email info@salamanca-group.com.

Our Group Director, Lord David Triesman gives his insight into the significantly different approaches to international relations with Cuba. With the first ever British Royal visit to the island happening against a backdrop of a potentially deepening embargo.

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). The most recent topic focused on “Global Britain”, exploring Britain’s international relations and the strategic opportunities that exist beyond Brexit.

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This topic focused on “Challenges to Energy Security”. With an emphasis on Lithuanian and UK energy policy.

As we start to wind down and prepare for the festive period, the end of the year is a time to take stock and look ahead to the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. This newsletter includes thoughts on the IFRS16 accounting standards, the UK property market, industrial evolution and a first person perspective of the Cuban presidents recent UK visit.

Despite Brexit representing a raft of challenges for the UK, London is seen as a world city and the UK a favourable market to conduct business. Simon Heilpern, Head of Real Estate, provides a brief overview of the UK property market which has a more positive stance than one may expect.

Social trends and technological change are impacting the shape of the real estate industry globally. Traditionally a slow industry to adapt to change, Dominique Allnutt, Marketing Director, has identified a snapshot of these trends that are signposting the evolution of land development sites and business requirements. For sites in the UK, they need to move up a gear and build for the future.

The IFRS 16 accounting standards come into effect on 1^st January 2019 and will be a catalyst for change in corporate real estate strategy. All corporate companies who use rentals or leasing to access assets will be affected. Are you ready? We review the likely impact on P&L, key ratios and balance sheets.

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This topic focused on “Digitisation of security”. How will the UK and the rest of the world adapt to the need for greater technological presence when verifying identity.

Announced at the Sedgemoor Business Conference, Salamanca Group will deliver an immersive, intelligent and sustainable innovation campus focused on clean growth.

Our Group Director, Lord David Triesman was fortunate enough to spend almost a full day with the new Cuban President on his visit to the UK in November. What was originally scheduled as a stop-over developed into a significant visit for Diaz-Canel as the first ever Cuban President to visit the UK.

Lord David Triesman, the British politician, will be the guest speaker at this year’s Somerset Chamber of Commerce AGM, it has been announced. As Executive Director of Salamanca Group, which is developing a major new enterprise zone in Somerset, he is keen to engage with businesses across the region.

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This topic focused on “China in Europe”. How will China will react to Brexit is just one of the various aspects to China’s investment within Europe.

As volatility continues in the UK, and despite recent economic data causing the Bank of England to keep interest rates held, I remain optimistic for both the near and long-term future of the UK’s economic state.  This newsletter includes thoughts on the UK investment climate, doing business in China, elections in Cuba and a Q&A with our newest senior advisor.

Salamanca Group welcomes its newest advisor who brings 20 years’ experience across investment banking, wealth management and investments. Born and raised in Russia, she completed a masters at the London School of Economics before working both here and in many other international destinations. We sat down with her to discuss her wealth of experience, what she brings to Salamanca Group team and her outlook on the UK’s international relationships.

China is vast, rich, motivated and a nation of entrepreneurs. China is an intoxication proposition. Now the world’s second largest economy, China’s GDP growth in 2017 was 6.9% and with Q1 2018 GDP growth at 6.8%, China continues to expand at a rate enviable to the western world’s advanced economies.

There are changes happening in Cuba. How significant we must wait and see, but with a non-Castro President appointed in April for the first time since their revolution in 1959 the tides are sure to be changing. The country needs, and wants, to welcome in foreign investment.

One cannot deny that the UK is facing a period of turbulence, however, it would also be misguided to believe that this great nation is going to sit back rather than pursue arising opportunities.  Despite current concerns facing the British economy it remains, as our CEO believes, one of the most attractive countries to do business.  And, whilst London remains one of the epicentres of the financial world, the rest of the UK isn’t passively letting it take all the glory.

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This topic focused on “The UK Labour Party’s Foreign and Security Policy’

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This topic focused on “The Russian elections and the future of Russian foreign policy.”

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This topic focused on “European perspectives on the Franco-German motor and the future of European defence.”

Part of Salamanca Group’s Strategic Insight Events are delivered in association with the European Leadership Network (ELN). This topic focused on “Challenges to Euro-Atlantic Security in 2018.”

Simon Heilpern is appointed to provide strategic investment and development advice on real estate transactions, asset management and technical services. The partnership fuses his expertise with the Group’s background in direct investment, co-investment, equity raising and corporate transactions across use classes.