Could acquisition bounce Southern Cross?

Share prices at the country’s largest care home provider, Southern Cross Healthcare, jumped last month after interim results put turnover up by almost a...

Caretech splashes out to acquire Beacon

A month after revealing that it had secured an increased loan facility on the back of positive half year results, specialist care provider CareTech...

Cuts at McCarthy & Stone

The country’s largest retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone has announced that it will cut up to 120 jobs as a result of the...

Brewin Dolphin publishes its faith in the sector

The growth outlook for the elderly residential and nursing care investment market remains positive thanks to evidence of a pick up in new build...

Community care a hotbed of growth for Care UK

Healthcare provider Care UK reported continued strong growth in the first half of 2008, with top line revenues up 41% to £166.7m (2007: 118m)....

Care contracts terminated as commissioners rewrite rules

Residential care providers could find themselves facing local authority fee cuts due to a growing trend among care commissioning bodies to bring ­­­in their...

Wren Homes looks to extra care for turnaround

Publicly listed retirement home developer Wren Homes has acquired options on eleven sites across the South East for its planned move into extra care....

Cancelled contract pushes Care UK into loss despite strong growth

Care UK has reported continued strong growth in the first half of 2008, with revenues, including its share of joint ventures, up 41% to...

Strong performance at Early Years

Despite having lost the contract to run two public sector employees’ nurseries during the year, Early Years Childcare PLC reported a significant growth in...

Kidsunlimited changes hands

Major provider Kidsunlimited has joined a raft of companies to change ownership in time for shareholders to avoid the government’s near-doubling of Capital Gains...