Barnet council handed £6m bill

An arbitrator has told the London borough of Barnet that it must pay £6m to independent contractor Catalyst Housing Association in order to clear...

PSPI posts positive for the first half of 2010

Public Service Properties Investments (PSPI) has announced a trading update for the six months ended 30 June 2010.During that period, the firm raised £24m...

CareTech splashes out

CareTech has acquired Branas Isaf Centre for Personal Development for an undisclosed sum as well as adding the Cheshire-based foster agency Park Foster Care...

Four Seasons closes in on acquisition as debt problems eased

Four Seasons Heath Care’s acquisition of Care Principles is a ‘done deal’, according to sources close to the situation.Speaking to CCMN, one source said:...

August makes first expansive move on Lifeways

August Equity has announced its first bolt-on acquisition for Lifeways Community Care, the autism portfolio company it purchased earlier this year (CCMN July 2010).Highbourne...

Coldharbour runs hot with contract awards

Healthcare IT provider Coldharbour is having a fruitful summer having picked up a number of new contracts with a line up of providers currently...

Total Care acquires Heritage

Total Care North West has acquired Heritage Homecare Services for an undisclosed sum.Total Care, based in Lancaster and Kendal, provides a range of home...

Nestor looking good as takeover bid rejected

Nestor Healthcare has rejected an unsolicited £101m takeover approach from Acromas Holdings on the grounds that it ‘materially undervalued’ the company. And with the firm...

GI unites Care Aspirations and Cambian

Complex care providers the Cambian Group and Care Aspirations have combined operations in a move which creates one of the UK’s largest providers of...

LNT picks Orchard’s fallen fruit

The LNT group has added a further five care homes to the portfolio operated by its business Ideal Care Homes with the news that...