McCarthy & Stone shifts focus away from growth
Retirement housebuilder McCarthy & Stone will look to save more than £40m a year by 2021 following a strategic review.
The group has decided to...
Occupancy rates hit 89.4% high
Occupancy rates have a hit an all-time high and risen for the sixth consecutive year to 89.4% - surpassing the 89.3% figure in 2006...
Government launches care leavers scheme
The government has launched a ten-year initiative to help improve the career prospects of young people leaving care.
More than 50 businesses, including Amazon,...
Subdued market impacts McCarthy & Stone profits
Pre-tax profit has fallen 37% to £58m (2017: £92m) at McCarthy & Stone as build cost increases and subdued market conditions impacted the retirement housebuilder.
Its...
Councils must not ‘throw out the rule book’, says Ombudsman
Local authorities must not ‘throw out the rule book’ when restructuring services in response to cost pressures, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman...
Norse Care to grow private payer income
Norse Care
will look to grow its private payer income by 10% and add another 10-15 rooms
to its portfolio this year, its latest financial report...
Long-term plan goals dependent on social care funding, says NAO
Ambitions set out in NHS England’s long-term plan can only be assessed once funding for public health and social care have been revealed, the...
CMA launches court action against Care UK
Court proceedings have been issued against Care UK after it refused to refund residents who had to pay a compulsory upfront fee.
In December, the...
51% of over 45s believe social care policy is being neglected
More than half (51%) of over 45s think that later life social care policy is being neglected by government because on ongoing Brexit negotiations.
A...
Octopus Healthcare raises more than £58m
Octopus Healthcare has raised £58.8m on the back of growing demand from institutional investors for healthcare real estate.
The specialist healthcare real estate investor, which...
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