Potens grows portfolio with deal for Enabling Futures Ltd

Residential care provider Enabling Futures Ltd has been sold to Potens, an operator with 52 specialist services across the UK. Enabling Futures provides services for...

Shaw healthcare awarded 15-year contract from Powys County Council

Powys County Council has strengthened its long-term partnership between Shaw healthcare through a 15-year contract covering 12 older people’s care homes and one reablement...

Baroness Casey highlights pressures facing adult social care to political parties

Baroness Casey of Blackstock has chaired a cross-party roundtable highlighting the pressures facing adult social care, the importance of long-term reform, and the need...

QCS strengthens offering with deal for CareBrain

Quality Compliance Systems (QCS) has strengthened its offering in the care sector with the acquisition of CareBrain. QCS, which is an RLDatix company and provider...

Navigating distress

Understanding what distress looks like before it becomes unmanageable is critical for care home operators, lenders and advisers alike. Emma Hinton, joint head of...

H.I.G. Bayside Capital Europe completes Lifeways Group refinancing

H.I.G. Bayside Capital Europe – an affiliate of H.I.G. Capita – is providing a £90m unitranche term loan facility to support the refinancing of...

External forces

LaingBuisson’s Sustainability in Health and Social Care conference focused on several areas, including safeguarding, tech-enabled care, future-proofing estates and funding. However, one theme that...

Better intervention needed to prevent exploitation of care-experienced children

Care-experienced children and young people should be recognised as a priority group within exploitation prevention strategies. This is one of several priority areas identified in...

Elevation closes £60m financing deal with Macc Group

Elevation Credit Partners III (ECP III) has extended financing of c.£60m to Macc Group to fund three care homes and a loan to refinance...

Radis Community Care strengthens footprint in Manchester

Radis Community Care has strengthened its footprint in Manchester after securing contracts to provide services at three extra care housing schemes. It will provide round-the-clock...