GI Partners doubles size of Care Aspirations

Private equity house GI Partners doubled the size of its learning disabilities provider Care Aspirations last month in a deal which saw it purchase...

Barchester banks on development plan

The new decade finds premium provider Barchester Healthcare reviving its enterprising expansion plans with the ambitious aim of developing 10 new homes a year...

Allied sees more growth ahead for homecare

Allied Healthcare, the country’s largest provider of domiciliary care services, has filed full year results for the period ending 30 September 2009 showing that...

Steady Supporta still considering takover

Homecare provider Supporta Plc filed interim figures for the six month period ending 30 September 2009 last month, putting revenue for continuing operations at...

Wren set to take flight in extra care

The publicly floated retirement housing developer Wren Extra Care Group Plc has secured the first wave of financing it has been seeking in order...

Challenging times ahead for specialist care providers

The two major challenges facing providers of social care services for people with learning disabilities and mental illness are the slow but unstoppable move...

Acorn sale stalled?

Phoenix Equity Partners is said to still be looking for a buyer for its special needs education and fostering group Acorn Care and Education...

Southern Cross exits ‘09 in safer hands

The effects of a significant change in strategic focus at the country’s largest care home operator Southern Cross Healthcare Group Plc have helped to...

Fresh look for standalone Carewatch

A year after being acquired by the equity house Lyceum Capital in a deal worth £37m, the domiciliary care franchise network Carewatch has relaunched...

LNT bags £67m of bank backing

The Leeds-based LNT Group, a group of Yorkshire businesses which together construct, manage and operate four care homes under the banner of Ideal Care...