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...

Teddies back to life

Plans made by Teddies Nurseries Ltd last year to spend a year in consolidation appear to have proven successful, after the company posted financial...

ABC records huge profit increase

ABC Learning Centres, the Australia-based childcare giant which claims to be the largest nursery provider in the world, has released figures showing a record...

BUPA spends £520m down under

BUPA has significantly boosted its placing in the Australian and New Zealand elderly care markets with the purchase of Amity and Guardian Healthcare from...

Allied battles with changing markets

Against a background of changing conditions in the temporary staffing and homecare sectors, Allied Healthcare Group Ltd increased sales by 6% in the year...

Acquisition strengthens AXA’s presence in employee services market

AXA PPP Healthcare has strengthened its position in the employee services market following AXA UK’s acquisition of ICAS International Holdings Limited, a leading global...

BUPA maintains steady growth in first half but warns of a slow down

BUPA has announced a 10% rise in income from continuing operations in the first half of 2007. Excluding revenues from BUPA Hospitals, which was sold...

Big changes at Match

The most visible evidence of the restructuring of staffing business Match Healthcare is its rebranding to Pulse Healthcare Ltd, but this is just the...

Netcare looks at Opco/Propco for BMI

Network Healthcare Holdings (Netcare) is considering selling off General Healthcare Group’s entire UK property portfolio in an Opco/Propco split.It is thought the Johannesburg-based company...

Restructured Barchester reports

The premium care provider Barchester Healthcare Limited has released accounts for the period covering its major restructuring into another OpCo/PropCo operator in the UK...