Neil Johnson, Chair of the UK defence platform QinetiQ, addressed Connect 127, the business network of the Cavalry & Guards Club, at a Business Breakfast held at 127 Piccadilly on 25th June 2026. Simon Hill, Managing Director of Hill Coates and Chair of Connect 127, welcomed Neil and noted the personal significance of the occasion, […]

Simon Hill, Hill Coates’s Managing Director was very pleased to chair a business lunch for Connect 127, the business network of the Cavalry & Guards Club at 127 Piccadilly on 2nd July 2025. the speaker was Dame Anne Glover, CEO of Amadeus Capital, who shared insights with 41 attendees. As a prominent UK Tech investor, […]

Dr Nicola Hodson, IBM Chair, UK & Ireland was the guest speaker today at a lunch given by Connect 127, the business network of the Cavalry and Guards Club, chaired by Simon Hill, MD of Hill Coates Associates. Nicola spoke passionately about the advent of the AI age, the savings that can be invested into […]

The Hill Coates Hot Shots were in action (no pressure with the Royal Navy Clay Team looking on) at the Combat Stress Clay Day at EJ Churchill Shooting Ground, West Wycombe on 26th September 2024. The team comprised Simon Hill, Tom Hamilton, Jamie Balfour and Edmund Glaister. This was the tenth year that Hill Coates […]

Simon Hill, Hill Coates Managing Director, spent a very worthwhile afternoon and evening at hashtag#FTDueDillgence Live yesterday with some excellent presentations from deal makers and facilitators across private equity, private credit and public markets. Particularly interesting were the insights on private credit, which we are currently engaged with over the financing of a new company […]