Impact signs deals worth more than £20m

Impact Healthcare REIT has exchanged contracts on three acquisitions worth a total of £20.2m. It has bought Holmesley Nursing Home in Sidmouth, Devon, three units adjacent...

Thousands of care workers suffer violent attacks

Care workers suffered more than 6,000 violent attacks during the past five years, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show. Between the financial years...

CM Meets…Paul Bridge

Civitas Housing Advisors has deployed nearly £800m in less than three years and has a rent roll of £45m. Deven Pamben meets its chief...

Caring concerns

How can the sector provide high-quality care when there is neither a register of competent staff nor any mandatory training? Sarah Whitebloom investigates There are...

InProgress: McCarthy & Stone; Care UK; Ideal Carehomes; Churchill

Permission granted for £45m scheme McCarthy & Stone has received planning permission for the construction of a £45m retirement living property in Hook, Hampshire. The...
Diversification proves positive for Impact Healthcare

Impact gains index inclusion

Impact Healthcare REIT will be added to the FTSE European Public Real Estate Association (EPRA)/NAREIT Global Real Estate Index Series. The investor will be added...

Octopus to sell retirement development to Macc Group

Octopus Real Estate has agreed to sell a proposed retirement community development in Solihull to operator Macc Group. Octopus has been granted detailed planning permission...

Developing new ways of working

Deven Pamben and Kelsey Rees report from LaingBuisson’s Social Care Conference, which covered investing, the workforce and Brexit among other areas. This is an...

Regard Group and CMP merge

The Regard Group and Care Management Group (CMG), which are both owned by investment manager AMP Capital, have merged. AMP bought CMG in December following...

Stabalising the market

Colin Angel is calling for measures to support both the state- and self-funded care markets England’s social care green paper still hasn’t seen the light...