manufacturing precision engineering tourism transport founded irish town gibraltar 1810 1810 founder marcus henry bland headquarters cloister building market lane gibraltar area served gibraltar united kingdom morocco key people james gaggero chairman total assets gbp 150 million number of employees 860 2012 website www.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 . contents 1 history 2 the board 3 notable operating companies 4 the gaggero foundation 5 references 6 external links history edit 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 . in 1931 the bland group started gibraltar airways later gb airways . the group sold gb airways to easyjet in 2008 . the board edit james gaggero is chairman of the board of directors . notable operating companies edit beehive limited griffon hoverwork limited hovertravel limited bland trading as gibair bland travel and osg limited the rock hotel limited the gaggero foundation edit 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 . 1 references edit gaggero foundation website external links edit companies portal gibraltar portal official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bland group & oldid 684851431 categories companies of gibraltartransport in gibraltarcompanies established in 18101810 establishments in gibraltar navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2015 at 04 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view