Target acquires Zest care properties

Target Healthcare REIT has continued racking up its acquisitions with the purchase of three purpose-built care homes and four specialist care bungalows from Zest...

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards: life after Cheshire West

Trowers & Hamlins’ Kyle Holling looks into the legal ramificationsThe Supreme Court decision in P vs Cheshire West and Cheshire council and another and...

Start-up costs eat into Witherslack profits

Specialist education provider the Witherslack Group reported a 17% leap in turnover from £25.5m to £29.8m for the year ended 31 August 2013. After net...

Acorn remains healthy despite reporting losses

Turnover dipped a couple of percentage points for Acorn Care 1 Limited, which counts Acorn Care and Education and Fostering Solutions among its subsidiaries,...

Priory to pick up Voyage?

The Priory Group is in talks to pick up its nearest specialist care rival Voyage in a deal that has been touted as worth...

Care UK wins Notts contract

Care UK has won a three-year contract, of undisclosed value, to provide social care to older and disabled people in Nottinghamshire.The contract, with Nottinghamshire...

Care homes cost less – Four Seasons

A few hours of care visits a day for elderly people can cost taxpayer more than a permanent place in a care home according...

SX homes sale delay rejected

Bondholders have rejected attempts by Anchorage Capital Group to delay the sale of 270 former Southern Cross care homes, according to Titan Europe 2007-1...

Diversification pays dividends for CareTech

CareTech reported a 9% increase in revenue to £61.5m (2013: £56.6m) for the six months ended 31 March 2014.It also experienced an underlying EBITDA...

Feuchtwang to head NCB

Anna Feuchtwang is the new chief executive of the National Children’s Bureau. She has been the chief executive of the international development charity EveryChild...