Purposeful Property Developer & Responsible Investor

Pure Executive is delighted to be working in exclusive partnership with Howard Group to appoint a Non-Executive Director to the board.

Howard Group is a leading regional property developer and investor with a £190m portfolio of diverse and professionally managed properties. We are also a collaborative and patient investment partner, with £3.8m currently invested, supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs developing meaningful, knowledge-intensive businesses.

Our aim, with everything we do, is to deliver positive and lasting commercial and social value.

Purpose:

Our purpose is simple. Every day we strive ‘to improve and enrich lives through responsible investing in people, places and ideas’. This means that everything we do, whether it be developing a forgotten place or backing an innovative and exciting life science or technology entrepreneur, has positive societal impact at its core..

86 years of value:

We are a third-generation family business with family members actively involved at Board level and participation with the Family Council. Our journey from our origins as a Bedford-based coal and coke delivery business in 1935, established by CAEC ‘Jimmy’ Howard, has been fuelled by ‘entrepreneurial spirit’ and a constant commitment to improve and build on solid foundations for the next generation. The concepts of stewardship, responsible ownership and legacy run very deep. At Howard Group, we consider the wider and far-reaching challenges facing us today, such as tackling poverty, inequality, mental health, climate change, pollution and misuse of resources, as vital parts of our role as responsible stewards, nurturing the environment and making a positive impact on society.

One Howard Group team

We are a dedicated and enthusiastic team of property and investment professionals. We love what we do and enjoy seeing how the buildings we develop, invest in and manage; and the companies we support, create lasting legacies for those that interact with them. We aspire to being an ‘enlightened employer’, always looking to develop and nurture our team and offering rewarding careers. We also have a very collaborative approach, building enduring and trusted partnerships with a network of like-minded people and organisations to support us in striving to live up to our purpose in all our property and capital ventures.