August Equity funds growth at Enara

August Equity has secured a further £23m acquisition facility for its homecare portfolio company Enara Group Limited, in a move which proves that the...

All bets are off as Four Season eyes up sale

While Southern Cross appears to be setting itself on the path to a gradual recovery, the situation at its closest independent provider rival Four...

Southern Cross gives itself three years to improve quality

Southern Cross Healthcare, the UK’s largest long term care provider, has admitted that standards of service delivery across its portfolio of care beds are...

Barclays funds first steps of Lancashire firm’s expansion

Lancashire-based nursing care provider Phloubateer has doubled in size after securing a £2.8m funding package from Barclays Commercial Bank to facilitate the addition of...

Minimum wage up, but LPC urges councils to meet actual costs of care

Despite heavy lobbying from heads representing many industries across the country calling for the national minimum wage level be frozen in the face of...

Improvements at The Hospital Medical Group

Cosmetic surgery provider The Hospital Medical Group (THMG) has recorded its eighth consecutive year of revenue growth. Sales increased by 4% to £26.2m in the...

Assura predicts £4m losses

Primary care specialist Assura is predicting trading losses of £4m in the current year – at the lower end of its expectations.In a trading...

UK companies looking at recession opportunities

UK businesses are using the recession to get ahead of their competitors, according to new research examining recessionary behaviour amongst established UK companies by...

Deficits recorded at Paycare

Wolverhampton-based Paycare has produced another set of disappointing results for the year ended 31 December 2008. Following a fall in premium income in 2007,...

Recession is a Nu Nu for Midlands provider

Midlands-based nursery provider Nu Nu plc has filed accounts for the year ended September 2008 which show a company in good health despite the...