Colin Angel departs Homecare Association

Colin Angel has left the Homecare Association after 17 years at the organisation. The policy, practice and innovation director joined the association in 2004, following...

Social care white paper: reaction

The government's white paper to reform adult social care outlined policies it intends to implement over the next three years.  People at the Heart of...

Innovation to help ‘shift away’ from reliance on residential care

Encouraging investment and innovation will be central to the government’s ten-year vision for reform, with the system to be less reliant on residential care...

OakNorth Bank provides loan to fund supported living scheme

OakNorth Bank has completed a £531,000 loan to the development arm of Midway Care Group. Sincere Homes will use the money to fund the development...

Malhotra Group grows portfolio with latest care home

Malhotra Group has expanded its portfolio of specialist care facilities after completing a £10m development at Ryhope in Sunderland. The project, Bede House, will be...

Target Healthcare enters long-term debt facility

Target Healthcare REIT has entered a long-term £37m loan facility with Phoenix Group, an existing lending partner. The loan carries a 3.13% fixed rate of...

Macc Care opens tenth property

Macc Care has opened its latest property for older people with dementia or a physical disability. Studley Rose, a 65-bed care home in Warwickshire, has...
CareTech positive over fee rises

CareTech’s Smartbox expands into Germany with acquisition

Smartbox Holdings Ltd – majority owned by CareTech – has bought Rehavista GmBH and its subsidiary company Logbuk. Rehavista is Germany’s largest provider of augmentative...

National Care Group introduces head of national development role

National Care Group has introduced a new role, as part of the organisation’s ongoing growth plans.  With more than 30 years’ experience in the social...

Acceleration of care closures and contract handbacks, survey finds

Councils are experiencing an acceleration of care home and homecare provider closures and contract handbacks. A snap survey by the Association of Directors of Adult...