Early years experience profit drop

In what may become a market trend amongst medium-sized operators, Early Years Childcare plc has experienced a significant drop in profits despite maintaining turnover...

Nestor takes Herts contract

Homecare services, primarily for the elderly, across Hertfordshire will be delivered by Nestor Healthcare Group Plc after it was announced this month that the...

Claimar Care adds franchising to its operations

Claimar Care, perhaps the year’s fastest rising star in domiciliary care, has announced details of a further three acquisitions in the run up to...

CareTech ploughs £15m into further acquisitions

Learning disabilities care provider CareTech has boosted its portfolio by another 13 freehold properties following a £15m deal that sees it take over Kent-based...

New Zealand provider invests in UK outfit

Nursing home developer Bentleigh Cross has signed a deal with Renaissance LifeCare Plc that will see £70m of funding ploughed into the construction of...

Homecare budget cuts dent figures for Careforce

Domiciliary care provider Careforce has blamed tightening local authority eligibility criteria for the downturn in company fortunes during the second half of its last...

MHA model proves a winner

The not-for-profit residential care provider MHA Care Group has posted results for another impressive year, proving that it is one of the markets major...

Another year of growth at Leonard Cheshire

Charitable care provider Leonard Cheshire has posted end of year results showing a 5% rise in incoming resources to 31 March 2006, taking it...

Principle planning non-profitable Nord Anglia settings disposal?

Principle Capital Partners’ move last month to buy Nord Anglia Education plc may have included a proviso that its under-performing nurseries be sold off...

2005 – annus horribilis at Kidsunlimited

The financial statements of Kidsunlimited for the year to 30 April 2005 presented a year fraught with setbacks, despite expansion moves at the business.In...