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...

Cosmetic surgery boosts Hitachi profits

Growing demand for cosmetic surgery has helped boost profits for niche lender Hitachi Capital. The company, which reported a 47% rise in profits to...

Quantica downsizes due to regulation

Quantica plc has announced the sale of its healthcare operations and a relisting of its shares on AIM.Shareholders approved the sale of Quantica Healthcare,...

Clinovia makes fourth acquisition this year

Home healthcare provider Clinovia has made its fourth acquisition this year after buying specialist care agency CCS Blackpool for an undisclosed sum.Established in 1994,...

CBI minimum wage warning

The CBI has warned that another big rise in the national minimum wage would damage many businesses and boost the black economy.In the midst...

Clinovia acquires north-west home-healthcare provider

Clinovia, the home healthcare provider, has made its fourth acquisition of the year with its purchase of CCS Blackpool, a care agency specialising in...