Ashbourne pays £60m for Highclear

Ashbourne Healthcare, the care home business owned by mid-market private equity specialist Electra Partners Europe Ltd, has acquired fellow provider Highclear for more than...

Christie gives Ridgmont a boost

Ridgmont Care Homes Ltd, the nursing home operator run by ex-ANS finance director Roger Storey, has received a welcome boost from a revaluation of...

Ex-Nestor boss to float Careforce on AIM

Mike Rogers, the former chief executive of Nestor Healthcare plc, has announced his intentions of floating his new vehicle on AIM (the Alternative Investment...

NHP next for busy Blackstone?

US private equity firm The Blackstone Group is stepping up its plans to create the largest care home provider in the UK, after confirming...

Reed lower but confident

Reed Health Group plc, the supplier of care staff to the NHS, local authorities and the private sector, has announced sharply reduced profits for...

NHP securitised portfolios figures

NHP plc, the main industry provider of sale and leaseback finance which now incorporates a trading arm Highfield Care, has reported its quarterly performance...

Another Midlands contract for bullish Prime Life

Prime Life, the provider of a range of health and social care facilities, has extended its partnership contract with Warwickshire County Council to operate...

£22m MBO for ambitious Castlecare

Castlecare, the provider of education, residential care and treatment programmes for young people with serious behavioural problems, has undergone a £22.4m management buyout.The MBO...

Southern Cross improves before sale

Southern Cross Healthcare Holdings Ltd, the aggressive nursing home operator originally created by John Moreton and now owned by West Private Equity, has filed...

ANS delivers even more

Having surprised the industry last year with the extent of its profit growth, ANS plc has returned with an even better set of figures...