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Summer Edition 2
Rigby 50: THE MOVIE
“How do you build a family business?
I guess you’ve got to start with a family.” Sir Peter Rigby
As part of the celebrations for Rigby Group’s 50th anniversary, we’re proud to premiere the official Rigby 50 film.
It tells the story of how it started, with a £2,000 investment from Sir Peter Rigby and a belief in what technology could do, explaining how we got to where we are today: a £4 billion force across technology, aviation, real estate and hospitality.
The short film will be shown at events throughout 2025, including SCC’s sales conferences in the UK, France and Spain. The film features Sir Peter, James and Steve Rigby, touching on Olympic delivery, Sir Peter’s passion for aviation and hospitality, and how
global growth was achieved thanks to every colleague, past and present, who helped shape it.
“You’ve got to have ideas. You’ve got to have passion. And you’ve got to run harder than the next person.” Our co-CEO, Steve Rigby’s words aren’t just good advice, they sum up the family’s approach to enabling teams to jointly build the success of Rigby Group.
At its heart, it’s a story about people and family. As Sir Peter says in the film, “Most people, all they need is opportunity. Just somebody to take an interest or to give them an opening.”
The breadth of personal contributions that have enabled Rigby Group to thrive is underlined by James. "It's not just about us," he said during our staff webcast earlier in the year. "It's about those thousands of people that have lived and breathed our shared values both now, and throughout the last 50 years. And I have every confidence the group can continue to prosper over the next 50 too.”
