Magna Care Centre acquired by Caring Homes

The Magna Care Centre for the elderly at Wimborne, near Poole in Dorset, has been acquired by Essex-based Caring Homes Group.The care home is...

Barchester backers snap up Castlebeck

Castlebeck Group has been acquired by Castle Holdings Ltd – a Jersey-based operation owned by private equity group Lydian Capital – for £225m.The north...

Nestor to demerge staffing business

Nestor Healthcare Group PLC has announced a proposal to spin off of its staffing operations, which it intends to float on the AIM market.The...

Sales increase but still no profits at Surgicare

Surgicare, the cosmetic surgery and treatment business, has yet to report a profit despite another year of sales increases.In its latest financials for the...

Success with Southern Cross downsized float

Following the eleventh hour pull of its planned IPO in May (CCMN June 2006) Southern Cross Healthcare wasted no time in making a second...

Barchester set for PropCo/OpCo divide

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is understood to be leading a consortium of backers that will provide £1bn of debt funding to Barchester...

BC Partners pay €750m for French nursing homes

Just weeks after pocketing a massive £2.2bn in the sale of specialist independent hospital operator General Healthcare Group (HMN May 2006), private equity firm...

Barchester backers spread their wings to Castlebeck

Hot on the heels of unconfirmed news that he will scoop up a substantial dividend in the restructuring of Barchester Healthcare, Irish businessman Denis...

New private equity investor for Senad

The Senad Group Limited, the holding company of the group whose principal activity is the operation of residential schools and adult care facilities for...

Eating disorder chain under new ownership

The Northamptonshire-based care group Gretton Homes, provider of residential care for people with the rare genetic disorder Prader Willi Syndrome, has been acquired for...