Turnover growth at Barchester helped by higher fees

Higher fee rates helped boost turnover at Barchester Healthcare for the year ended 31 December 2017. Revenue grew 4.8% to £591.2m, up from £563.9m the year previous, while EBITDAR was £174.1m, an increase of £10.8m from 2016. EBITDAR margin increased slightly to 29.4% from 29%. The report said: ‘The lack of significant increase in margin,…