Busy Bees continues growth

Busy Bees Childcare Ltd, the largest provider of childcare in the UK, has announced that it continues to pursue its policy of growth through...

First numbers from Continuum

A company formed by private equity firm 3i has posted its first financial statements.Holding company Continuum Care and Education Group Limited resulted from the...

Losses continue at Kidsunlimited

In spite of a £3.7m, 16% rise in turnover to £27.3m, Kidsunlimited returned a bottom line loss of £1.6m for the year to 30...

Demand for care business ‘relentless’ in 2007

The number of new care homes opened in 2007 may have exceeded the number of closures for the first time in several years according...

Another divestment for Southern Cross but could it be losing its touch?

The UK’s largest care home provider Southern Cross Healthcare, continues to fuel its growth through sales of the freehold interests in the homes it...

BUPA’s antipodean expansion confirmed

BUPA’s major leap into the antipodean elderly care market has been officially confirmed with the news that regulators have approved the deal which will...

PSPI grows EU portfolio

Public Service Properties Investments Limited (PSPI), the specialist European real estate investor and close partner of long term care provider European Care Group, has...

Mears profit forecast signals strong growth

Mears Group, the social housing contractor and relative newcomer to the world of domiciliary care, has issued a trading update putting profits for 2007...

Camden to support dementia at home

The London borough of Camden has approved plans to transfer its remaining in-house homecare delivery contracts to independent providers with the financial savings made...

Nestor shares surge due to renewed takeover interest

The possibility of a change in ownership for health and social care business Nestor Healthcare Group plc was reignited last month after directors confirmed...