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Revision as of 11:45, 4 January 2018

Bland Group
Company typePrivate company
IndustryManufacturing
Precision Engineering
Tourism
Transport
FoundedIrish Town, Gibraltar (1810 (1810))
FounderMarcus Henry Bland
HeadquartersCloister Building, Market Lane, Gibraltar
Area served
Gibraltar, United Kingdom, Morocco
Key people
James Gaggero (Chairman)
Total assetsGBP 150 Million
Number of employees
860 (2012)
Websitewww.blandgroup.com

The Bland Group Ltd. is made up of a number of small and medium-sized operating companies based in Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Morocco.

History

The Gaggero family has been running the business since 1891 although the company began in 1810 when Marcus Henry Bland, from Liverpool, began a shipping company from his house in Irish Town, Gibraltar.[1]

In 1931 the Bland Group started Gibraltar Airways (later GB Airways). The group sold GB Airways to EasyJet in 2008.

The board

James Gaggero is chairman of the board of directors.

Notable operating companies

The Gaggero Foundation

The Gaggero Foundation is an independent private charitable body established by James Gaggero through the Bland Group in 2008. The foundation's purpose is to support and initiate programs that aid education, family welfare and community health in the geographic areas of Gibraltar, Morocco and Andalucia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gaggero, Joe. (2005) Running with the Baton: A Gibraltar Family History. Gibraltar: Joe Gaggero. p. 16. ISBN 0958301700
  2. ^ Gaggero Foundation website Archived 9 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine

External links