High street woes help care sector attract institutional investors
The older people care sector continues to be favourable to institutional investors as the population lives longer with an increasing range of health conditions.
Appetite...
ADASS provides three-step plan for adult social care
Council directors have warned the government it ‘cannot afford another false dawn’ when it comes to the short- and long-term future of adult social...
Care services could be decommissioned, councils warn
Council leaders may have to decommission care services in the coming months unless the government can confirm more than £2bn of funding will be...
Lavanya Plus strikes deal with Global Payments
Global Payments has partnered with Lavanya Plus to offer social care, health and wellbeing services to its employees.
The provider of payment technology and software...
Voyage Care grows revenue by 7.4%
Growth in both registered and community-based care helped increase revenue at Voyage Care.
In its quarterly update, the provider grew revenue by 7.4% to £65.1m...
Social care complaints not being used to improve sector
Councils are lacking a consistent approach and not making the most of the opportunities to learn from annual complaint reports about social care.
Reports focused...
Guild Living acquires third development site
Legal & General’s operator and developer of urban later living accommodation has bought a 2.5-acre town centre site in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
The site is the...
Audley Group in joint venture with Schroders and Octopus
Audley Group has formed a joint venture (JV) with the real estate arms of Schroders and Octopus Group to fund the development of four...
Councils overspend on children’s services by more than £750m
Councils overspent on their children’s social care budgets by more than £750m last year because of funding shortages and demand pressures, local government leaders...
London councils facing £540m adult social care shortfall
Adult social care in London faces a £540m shortfall in funding by 2025, a study by the capital’s councils have found.
London Councils, which represents...