Falling property prices impact primary care specialist

Primary care property specialist MedicX Fund Ltd has reported pre-tax losses of £18.7m as the softening of asset prices in the commercial property market...

Assura sells non-core properties

Assura has sold six of its non-core properties to Medical Centre Developments Ltd and its sister company Medical Centres Scotland for £17.6m in a...

Surgicare to operate in BMI hospitals

Cosmetic surgery provider SurgiCare has reached an agreement with BMI Healthcare to provide cosmetic surgery in its hospitals.Under the deal, Surgicare will initially operate...

Is the OFT gearing up to call time on retirement home exit premiums?

Last month the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) made the proud announcement that it had secured an agreement from the specialist retirement housing provider...

Is the OFT gearing up to call time on retirement home exit premiums?

Last month the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) made the proud announcement that it had secured an agreement from the specialist retirement housing provider...

Homecare rides high at Healthcare Homes

Acquisitions continue apace at the East Anglian-based Healthcare Homes which remains dedicated to building its domiciliary care provision through 2009.At the close of last...

Frozen Four Seasons throws out Priory merger

As widely predicted, Four Seasons Health Care entered into a renewed standstill agreement with its lenders last month which gives the provider a further...

Mears dodging economic difficulties

Social housing and domiciliary care provider Mears Group plc has said that despite difficulties thrown up by the British economy during 2008, trading in...

Is the economic crisis damaging the care sector?

As much as senior voices like to believe that the care sector is largely recession-proof, a duo of market reports from sector specialists have...

Cambian propco loss doubles

A sparse set of financial statements report that Cambian Heritage II Limited made a net loss of £505,000 in the year to 31 December...