Further ABC acquisition to secure US foothold

In addition to its £71m acquisition of major provider Busy Bees Group Limited (NCMN December 2006/January 2007), Australia-based ABC Learning Centres is nowlaying claim...

Tight ship produces results for Apex

Apex Nursing and Care Services has reported solid progress for the year ended 31 March 2006.The company supplies temporary staff to both public and...

Laser treatment provider reports falling sales

Longlife Health Ltd, the provider of laser beauty treatments and dental services, has reported a loss of £11,000 on sales of £2.77m for the...

Unprecedented appetite keeps pushing up prices

Far from seeing the heat fade from the care market in 2006, as it predicted following a frenzied year of activity in 2005, the...

US care group signs $1bn UK project

Sunrise Senior Living, the US-originating retirement and nursing care village developer, has signed a $1bn deal with Pramerica Real Estate Investors to build 18...

3i appoints UBS over sale of Care Principles

Care Principles, the provider of medium secure hospitals, is to be sold by its private equity owner 3i in a deal being managed by...

ILG taken over by Hermes

Hermes Private Equity has acquired learning disabilities care operator Independent Living Group (ILG) for an undisclosed sum following a six month sales process handled...

Barchester releases first results since leap up the league

Long awaited results from Barchester Healthcare Ltd were published just as CCMN went to press showing massive gains in operating profits during the operator’s...

Sovereign Capital invests in fostering

Private equity group Sovereign Capital has completed the institutional buy-out (IBO) of the UK’s second largest fostering agency, the National Fostering Agency Limited (NFA)...

TRACSCARE and Truecare recapitalised

Sovereign Capital, the private equity backer of specialist adult care providers TRACSCARE Limited and Truecare Holdings Limited, has announced recapitalisation scheme for the companies...