Gainford Care gains bigger grip

A three year, £9m expansion programme rolled out by Gainford Care Homes is set to create 200 jobs and take the provider of residential...

Maria Mallaband takes over quintet of providers

Further details of the expansion recently seen at Maria Mallabandhave revealed that in addition to acquiring Three Rivers Healthcare (CCMN October 2006), the Leeds-based...

PULSE gets stronger

Health and social care recruitment company PULSE has acquired the London-based rival Project ASC Nursing and Care Services Ltd.Established in 1984, Project ASC is...

RBS investment builds Acorn to oak tree

Domiciliary care agency Acorn Home Care Limited has arranged a refinancing package with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as part of a push...

Scottish domiciliary agents merger

Stirling-based Independent Living Services Ltd (ILS) has acquired rival domiciliary care provider Home Concern (Scotland) in a deal which the senior management team has...

Turnover trebled in Southern Cross preliminaries

Preliminary results for the UK's largest long term care provider, Southern Cross Healthcare, show that turnover has more than trebled in the year which...

Four Seasons – top line growth and bottom line roller coaster

Four Seasons Health Care, the diversified elderly and specialist mental health care group, which moved to the next stage of its growth under the...

Claimar’s climb to glory

Despite 2005/06 having proved a damaging year for some care providers due to local authorities stripping back their social care budgets, domiciliary care provider...

CareTech sees double thanks to acquisitions

End of year results for specialist residential care provider CareTech Holdings plc received a substantial injection during 2006 thanks to major acquisitions which served...

Care UK in fine health

Having played a continuing and important role in the government’s plans to establish more complex community care facilities while also building its homecare and...