Private equity circles Priory

A number of private equity majors are said to be closing in on an acquisition of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)-owned Priory Group, following...

PHP acquires Health Investments

Primary Health Properties (PHP) plc has agreed to acquire Health Investments (HI) for a total of £39m.PHP is paying £11.7m in cash and shares...

CareTech’s solid results

Specialist learning disabilities social care provider CareTech Holdings has announced a 5% increase in revenue from £39.5m to £41.4m in its interim results for...

So, how deep is your pain?, William Laing offers his take on this year’s...

This month’s CCMN gives us confirmation, if any were needed, of exactly how punishing this April’s round of local authority care home fee increases...

Private equity eyes up care

Private equity firms are actively pursuing the takeover of Southern Cross Healthcare, Four Seasons Healthcare and Barchester Healthcare, according to CCMN sources.Although it is...

Orchard’s CVA salvation

Orchard Care Homes, the elderly residential care provider which has seen rapid growth in beds numbers since going through a management buy out (MBO)...

Sunrise flees Germany

The US-based high end assisted living provider Sunrise Senior Living has all but ended its relationship with Germany with the news that a deal...

Mears interims’ boasts

Interim results published by Mears last month show that there is little chance of a slowdown in the social housing and domiciliary care provider’s...

Pressure cooker provision – does a 0.5% fee uplift for elderly care spell disaster?

Long term care providers have little to look forward to for the next year, and in all probability for some time beyond, if the...

Colliers’ occupancy claims

Occupancy rates in average residential care homes have fallen below 90% for the first time since 2002, according to research from Colliers CRE.The CRE...