Decline in fortunes for childcare market, suggests leading report

The growth of the childcare market has been halved on figures for the previous year and both demand and occupancy figures are weakening as...

Revenue down but Nestor reports ‘good progress’

The cost of redundancies, vacant properties and potential liabilities from past clinical incidents have dented operating profits at Nestor Healthcare.Revenue was down 9% to...

China in your Hand – Cerrus International case study

Cerrus International, the healthcare IT provider, has fulfiled a major contract to provide its Saturn III care management system across a range of services...

Precious Homes trebles in size with RBS support

The specialist residential support provider United Care Homes Ltd was acquired by rival operator Precious Homes Ltd last month after the 15-home group was...

RBS in mom & pop frenzy

Despite continuing to hit the headlines as one of the hardest hit banks involved in the ongoing government bail out programme, the Royal Bank...

Executive steps up to 2009

Executive Care Group claims to be rolling into 2009 with a ‘credit-crunch defying launch’ of a network of new five-star care homes which will...

‘Lighter’ Nestor strengthened by Carewatch sale

The disposal of Carewatch last October and the decision to end some non-profitable contracts has served to help Nestor Healthcare tighten margins in its...

Avery boasts plans for 500 new jobs in 2009

Following last autumn’s cash injection of £53m from backer Graphite Capital, Avery Healthcare has said that it expects to create an additional 500 jobs...

Barchester goes boutique, but is battling with bank

Barchester Healthcare has had a productive first quarter to 2009 with the opening of four new or extended care facilities including a highly specialised...

Allied takes pole position

Financial results published by Allied Healthcare for the first quarter of 2009 show that it is now the largest domiciliary care provider operating in...