Teddies results

Rather like the patched image of Children in Need’s Pudsey Bear, Teddies Nurseries Limited presents a somewhat battered financial result for the year to...

ABC centres account for fifth of Australian market

ABC Learning Centres now accounts for 20% of the Australian full daycare centre market following its acquisition of Hutchinson’s Child Care Services Limited for...

Buffer Bear results

Buffer Bear Limited is anticipating further losses following what must have been a disappointing year for the company. Despite revenues increasing by 22% to...

Festival Care Homes buy-out

Festival Care Homes Ltd, a care home developer and operator in the south-east of England, has announced the buy out of its venture capital...

North Lincs operator acquires local rival

The Dewsbury-based three home care operator Northfields Care Home Ltd has been acquired by Grimsby’s Dryband One Ltd in a confidential deal, with an...

New developments

New developments...Healthcare Homes, the growing provider run by three ex-Care UK senior managers, has acquired its fifteenth home in an undisclosed deal handled by...

Southern Cross pulls IPO amidst fears of volatile equity market

Just one week before a proposed investors roadshow that would have paved the way to public ownership for the UK’s largest care provider, Southern...

Acquisition grows CareTech by 69%

Specialist care provider CareTech has continued its aggressive growth trajectory with the £15m acquisition of Lonsdale (Midlands) Ltd, a 28 home chain of adult...

ADL starts spending

Having signed a £25m facility agreement package with corporate banking group IXIS last month, the AIM-listed long term care provider ADL plc has announced...

European care buys Combined Healthcare Group

European Care Group, the London-based care chain which manages homes for the elderly, children and adults with complex needs, has doubled its Scottish presence...