Main structure of Signature’s Hornchurch development completed

Signature Senior Lifestyle plans to open a care home in Hornchurch, London Borough of Havering, in spring next year. Its setting will offer residential, nursing,...

Puma Property Finance provides over £150m for new care beds

Puma Property Finance provided loans of over £150m for the development of care homes in the UK last year. These purpose-built schemes were across the...

Loveday officially opens setting in Belgravia

Loveday has officially opened its senior living setting in Belgravia, London, providing residential and respite care and day club services. Spanning seven floors, the development...

Cushman & Wakefield appoints Sophia Sham as regional managing partner

Cushman & Wakefield has appointed Sophia Sham as its regional managing partner for the South West and South Wales. Sham, who has been at the...

Oakland Care looks to cut impact on environment with solar panels

Oakland Care has partnered with Volt Group to install 340 solar panels at two of its care homes. Woodland Grove in Loughton, Essex, will have...

Children in care sent to live over 100 miles away

More than 3,000 children in care in England have been moved to children’s and foster homes over 100 miles away from their communities. Moves can...

CQC’s regulatory platform ‘salvageable’ but requires rebuilding

Most of the benefits expected to be delivered as part of the Care Quality Commission (CQC)’s digital transformation programme – at a cost of...

HC-One invests over £20m in staff pay

HC-One is investing over £20m in staff pay and conditions this year, with the majority of colleagues across its care homes earning the real...

AFG invests £5.9m to meet RLW for frontline workers

Alternative Futures Group (AFG) is investing £5.9m to improve pay to meet the real living wage (RLW) for its frontline workers and a further...

Providers tell council they could be ‘forced to withdraw’ from contracts

Twelve homecare providers have threatened to withdraw services in Leeds unless the city council reconsiders its proposed 1.6% uplift to its hourly rate for...