Could acquisition provide the bounce Southern Cross wants?

Share prices at the country’s largest care home provider, Southern Cross Healthcare, jumped yesterday (12 May) after interim results put turnover up by almost...

Change at Claimar a major blow to stock market placing

The Birmingham-based domiciliary care agency Claimar Care has suffered a major fall in share price following the sudden resignation of financial director David Jackson...

Tracscare for sale after losses grow?

Specialist residential care provider Tracscare could be latest company to be part of a bidding war if rumours prove correct and it hits the...

Job 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...

CEO stands down as Nestor terminates take over talks

Take-over talks for troubled health and social care business Nestor have collapsed yet again just days before the company announced an 35% fall in...

Ownership change at Forester

Following a year in which it returned a slightly higher post tax profit, Forester Health Limited changed its name to Cash4Health.The health cash plan...

New Developments

Work has begun on a £6.5m extra care housing scheme in West Wylam. The facility will provide 46 one and two bedroom apartments for...

Healthcare Homes bought by Bowmark Capital

The East Anglian­ based long term care provider Healthcare Homes will remain private equity backed it was revealed last month after investment group Bowmark...

Loophole closures could spell end of OpCo/PropCo

While the ongoing credit crunch and global concerns over the stability of property values could be enough to turn the tide against OpCo/PropCo business...

PSPI builds out portfolio

Public Service Properties Investments Limited, the AIM listed care home investment and financing business with strong links to the European Care Group, has been...