BUPA expands older care with Somerset acquisition

BUPA Care Services has made yet another care home acquisition, suggesting that the sale of its private hospitals arm earlier this year has indeed...

Casterbridge moves into profit

Day nursery operator Casterbridge Care and Education Group Ltd. posted a profit for the year to 31 December 2006 on the back of greatly...

BHSF acquires Forester Health

Cash plan provider BHSF Group Limited has acquired physiotherapy insurance business Forester Health from Foresters UK Group for an undisclosed sum.Foresters Group bought Forester...

Care UK encouraged by government’s commitment to independent sector

Specialist health and social care provider Care UK has said it expects its preliminary results for the year ended 30 September 2007 to be...

Losses as Advantage faces ‘challenging trading conditions’

Temporary staffing business Advantage Healthcare Group made a loss of £2.4m in the year ended 31 December 2006. The company, which was formed to acquire...

Investment income a boost for Wakefield

Cash plan provider Wakefield and District Hospitals Contributory Scheme Ltd has reported a fall in premium income for the year ended 31 January 2007.The...

Acquisitions help turnover double at Company Health Group

Company Health Group plc, the AIM listed provider of occupational health, recruitment and physiotherapy services doubled its turnover in the first half of 2007.The...

Sales and mergers will calm in 2008

Consolidation of the wider care market will slow down over the next twelve months with fewer mergers, acquisitions and a hold off on new...

Cheshire housing provider takes on the stock market

A Cheshire-based retirement village developer is to go public as part of plans to raise funds for ambitious expansion projects. Prestigious Retirement Villages (PRV) hopes...

Welsh council ups fees following arbitration

A residential care provider in Wales has been awarded an increase in local authority nursing fee rates following a lengthy arbitration case against Vale...