Revenues rise but profits fall for Prime Life

Prime Life Limited’s revenues rose from £45.1m to £46.5m for the year ended 31 March 2015. Cost of sales also rose to £36.6m (2014: £35.2m)...

Four Seasons’ staffing problems continue

Four Seasons parent company Elli Investments Limited reported a difficult second quarter with turnover dropping by 3.5% to £172.9m from £179.2m at the same...

New developments

Brancaster Care has acquired a 27-bed home in Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria following the deaths of the previous owners. Bilfinger GVA, which advised on the deal, said...

Cheesbrough to leave TOSJCT

Andrew Cheesbrough is to step down as chief executive of The Orders of St John Care Trust. Operations director Dan Hayes has been appointed...

Blair joins ECL board

ECL (formerly Essex Cares) has appointed Kerry Blair as commercial director. Previously executive director for growth at the Terrence Higgins Trust, in his new...

Lamb to head West Midlands commission

Former care minister Norman Lamb will chair a new commission set up by local authorities in the West Midlands to examine the links between...

Laverty to lead ExtraCare Trust

Mick Laverty has been appointed chief executive of the ExtraCare Charitable Trust, taking up the post in January. Currently chief executive of the Student...

Radia re-elected to NACC chair

Neel Radia has been re-elected as national chair of the National Association of Care Catering for a further two years. Roger Denton was named...

Berger appointed shadow MH minister

New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has appointed Luciana Berger as shadow minister for mental health. The MP for Liverpool Wavertree will work to establish...

Blackwood appoints first strategic director

Simon Fitzpatrick has joined Scottish housing and care provider Blackwood as its first ever strategic director. He was previously at CrossReach, which provides social...