Optimo continues expansion with Abbey Care acquisition

Optimo Care has continued its expansion with the acquisition of supported living and specialist care provider Abbey Care and Nursing @Home Limited. Financial details of...

HICA Group buys Harrogate care home

Hull-based HICA Group has purchased Hampden House in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, from Elizabeth Finn Homes for an undisclosed sum. Hampden House is a 66-bed purpose-built...

Four Seasons enters into sale agreements for 11 sites

Four Seasons Health Care has entered into conditional sale and purchase agreements relating to the business and assets of 11 operating sites in its...

CareLineLive acquires CareFor IT and Ulysses platforms

Homecare management software company CareLineLive has acquired CareFor IT and Ulysses. The deal for the care management and rostering platforms, for an undisclosed sum, will...

Triple Point begins pilot project to upgrade properties

Triple Point Social Housing REIT has started a pilot phase of an energy efficiency improvement programme to upgrade its properties. By 2030 all socially rented...

Mobile carer role helps cut agency use at WCS Care

WCS Care Group has cut external agency use and largely avoided staffing problems through more flexible workforce practices, including the introduction of a mobile...

Parklands acquires Moray care homes

Parklands Care Homes has formally acquired two Moray care homes – Weston View in Keith and Wakefield House in Cullen – six months after...

Triple Point completes sale of four properties

Triple Point Social Housing REIT has completed the sale of four supported housing properties for £7.6m to a private UK real estate investment firm. The...

Cyberattack impacts growth at Caremark and for its franchisees

Revenue across Caremark’s franchise network dipped slightly after half of its franchisees were impacted by cyberattack to a rostering system. As reported in February, David...

OSJCT turns to overseas workers to help stem agency use

Agency usage and their associated costs reached ‘unprecedented levels’ at The Orders of St John Care Trust (OSJCT), doubling year on year. Results showed expenditure...