Focus on lifestyle

Hallmark Care Homes has appointed Debbie Sharples-Kirkbride as group lifestyle manager. Previously a customer engagement advisor and she has been awarded an MBE for...

Core Assets post solid set of results

The parent company of the largest independent fostering agency Core Assets Group (formerly Foster Care Associates) reported a 4.2% growth in turnover. Ideapark Limited...

WCS Care

Not-for-profit provider WCS Care will open a new care home in Kenilworth for people with dementia in December. The £10.5m Castle Brook home will offer...

Care workforce fears in wake of EU referendum

Almost 80,000 social care workers in England could lose their right to work in the UK as a result of Britain leaving the European...

Powys LATC

The move, which has been agreed in principle by its cabinet, would see its 12 homes, which have been run by Bupa Care for...

£25m PLD fund

Local authorities, alongside partner organisations, can apply for a share of a new £25m fund to help people with learning disabilities in their areas....

Local Housing Allowance cap delay welcomed

Supported living housing will continue to be exempt from the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap until 2019, the Department for Work and Pensions has...

KCP invests in Routes

Homecare provider Routes Healthcare has received a ‘significant investment' from private equity firm Key Capital Partners (KCP). The investment in the provider of NHS-funded...

WCS Care

Not-for-profit provider WCS Care will open a new care home in Kenilworth for people with dementia in December. The £10.5m Castle Brook home will offer...

Acorn and NFA merge

The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and private equity firm Stirling Square have merged their respective investments Acorn Care & Education and the National Fostering...