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HgCapital buys further stake in Pulse
Private equity firm HgCapital has doubled its equity in PULSE, the health and social care specialist staffing business, to 84%, after acquiring a further...
Demand outstrips supply for the first time according to leading report
Demand for childcare has outstripped supply for the first time, according to the latest market report from sector analysts Laing & Buisson.Basing its conclusions...
Buffer Bear bounces back after loss
The Reading-based, not-for-profit day nursery provider Buffer Bear Limited has reversed its losses of last year but it is not out of the woods...
It’s the credit crunch, stupid, William Laing provides his take on recent shocks in...
So how worried should the sector be?
Does the collapse in value reflect something happening in the real long term care economy, or is it...
Councils report 3% fee uplifts in 2008/09, but real increases may be lower
Councils report 3% fee uplifts in 2008/09, but real increases may be lower because of ‘quality banding fee drift’.
Councils across the UK have given...
Supporta shares jump at news of takeover interest
Care provider Supporta plc saw a jump in share value last month thanks to the admission that Romac Investments Limited (the parent company of...
Clouds gather over Claimar
The Birmingham-based domiciliary care agency Claimar Care suffered yet another massive fall in share price last month after releasing a trading update which admitted...
Dom care boost at Healthcare Homes
The Bowmark Capital backed provider Healthcare Homes has made a further step into the domiciliary care market with the acquisition of Care Plus Essex...
Four Seasons situation not the end of consolidation
Suggestions that the country’s third largest long term care provider Four Seasons Health Care faces being divided up and sold off in chunks by...
Southern Cross shares plummet
Shares in Southern Cross Healthcare collapsed at the end of June after the company released a damaging profit warning which had the immediate effect...
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