Downing invests £10.9m in acquisition and refurbishment of school

Downing-backed Bridges Care and Education (BCE) is growing its portfolio with the opening of a school in Gloucester, Gloucestershire. BCE, which trades under the name...

Social care needs ‘complete reform and revamp’, MPs told

Social care has been failed by successive governments and needs a ‘complete reform and revamp’, MPs have been told. Lord Darzi of Denham told a...

Freeths launches care offering in Leeds

Freeths has appointed managing associate Cassandra Clark to its care sector team, establishing the practice in Leeds. Clark, who joins from Mills and Reeve, is...

Radis wins extra care contract

Radis Community Care has taken over operations of Essex-based extra care service The Cannons. Built in 1984, the service is made up of 38 one-...

Salutem Care and Education reports growing EBITDA

Inflationary fee rises helped grow revenue and EBITDA across operations at Salutem Care and Education. The provider consists of two operating companies – Salutem LD...

Barchester Healthcare opens Mill Court in Surrey

Barchester Healthcare has officially opened 60-bed Mill Court in Shalford, Surrey. The home, which will offer residential support, respite stays and specialised dementia care, was...

Fall in agency use helps deliver growing profitability at NCG

A cut in agency use helped grow profitability at National Care Group (NCG), as it improved recruitment and retention strategies. The group recruited both domestic...

Emma Snelling joins Rangeford Villages

Rangeford Villages is expanding its team with the appointment of Emma Snelling as head of health, safety and environment. Snelling, who will work across all...

Cera to grow ‘significantly’ through contracts and acquisitions

Cera plans to grow ‘significantly’ through both its contract and acquisition pipelines, targeting ‘adjacent services and geographies’. Financial results showed it continued to grow its...

Elevation completes sale and leaseback deal

Real estate fund Elevation Healthcare Properties (EHP) has completed the sale and leaseback of a care home in St Neots, Cambridgeshire.  Henbrook House is let...