CareTech bags a strong year despite recession

Having boasted that it was ‘crash-protected’ in preliminary results posted back in spring 2009 (CCMN May 2009), specialist provider CareTech Holdings Plc has published...

Income rises but profits fall at BBT

Beresford Blake Thomas (BBT), the specialist health, social care and construction recruitment company recently merged by its owners Randstad into its Reliance Human Resources...

Assura could sell off loss-making GPCos

Primary care specialist Assura could sell off its GP business following reports that investors remain unconvinced that its joint venture GP partnership model (GPCos)...

FirstCare buys Active Health Partners

UK absence management specialist FirstCare has boosted its presence in the market after acquiring Active Health Partners for an undisclosed sum.The company said the...

Lifeways in new regions

Lifeways Community Care, the rapidly growing homecare provider owned by August Equity, has acquired Clover Care Group Limited a Lancashire-based provider of supported living...

Sale remains an option at Four Seasons

Directors at Four Seasons have admitted that despite successfully persuading lenders to sign up to a major debt restructuring plan just weeks ago, a...

Care UK profits in rude health

As CCMN went to press, the publicly listed healthcare operator Care UK published results showing turnover up 20% in the year ending 30 September...

Highlands feeling financial pressures of care

A report produced by the director of social care at Highland council has revealed that despite major efforts made under a budget recovery programme...

Medicash revenues remain flat

Revenues at health cash plan provider Medicash remained flat in the year ended 31 December 2008 at £21.7m (2007: £21.8m).Claims paid during the year...

Four Seasons saved until next time

The immediate future of Four Seasons Health Care was finally secured at the end of September when the country’s third largest provider of elderly...