Priory and Craegmoor merger will create mental health giant

Just three months after a takeover deal by Advent International which narrowly scraped the bottom of £1bn, the Priory Group has overseen the bolt...

Dimensions appointment to oversee de-registration

Specialist care provider Dimensions is stepping up its facility de-registration programme with the appointment of a director of service development who will take a...

Not drowning but waving? Southern Cross claims it will pull through

Southern Cross has cut a deal to pay its landlords on a monthly basis rather than the now-crippling quarterly payments it signed up to...

Investors are back in town

Despite the ubiquity of Southern Cross scare stories amid that company’s stock market collapse, the word from the property consultants CB Richard Ellis is...

Another strong year as Mears builds homecare

The acquisition and successful integration of Supporta into the Mears Group structure gave a massive boost to the provider’s homecare operations last year with...

Castleoak feels late credit crunch kick

Specialist care facility builder Castleoak experienced a considerable fall in revenue in the year ending 31 March 2010, however, chief executive Mel Knight is...

US property funds jump on elderly care

An expected increase in the number of older Americans who will need to move into senior living apartments, assisted living environments or more complex...

Allied acquires Scottish operation

Allied Healthcare has acquired ScotHomecare, the homecare business formerly owned by Health and Lifecare Options Limited (HALO), in a deal which valued the operation...

GI Partners picks up Advanced Childcare

Private equity investor GI Partner has signed a deal to take over the Stockport specialist care provider Advanced Childcare in a deal which nets...

Case Study – Train & Gain in the face of tightening budgets

The doom and gloom of government cuts on training grants is finally upon us. It comes at a time when the care industry is already...