L&G lends LNT £51m to expand

Legal & General (L&G) has made further in-roads into the UK care home sector by granting the LNT Group a £51m, ten-year debt facility. The...

City & County grows

City & County announced that acquisition of two businesses for undisclosed sums last month.The homecare provider bought Spirit Care Ltd, a complex care provider,...

Target hits bullseye with three acquisitions

Target Healthcare REIT Limited, the specialist UK care home investor, announced the acquisition of a portfolio of three modern, purpose-built care homes for £13.9mThe...

St Andrew’s announces chief executive

St Andrews announced today that Gil Baldwin is to take over as chief executive of the mental health charity in July following the departure...

Two heads for Four Seasons’ divisions

Four Season Health Care’s specialist care business The Huntercombe Group has appointed Valerie Michie as its new chief executive. Currently managing director of Serco...

LA funding warning as Four Seasons and Bupa’s profits drop

Four Seasons Health Care and Bupa’s care homes division – both of which are mainly funded by local authority placements – have reported drops...

Robinson to lead Age Northern Ireland

Linda Robinson has been appointed chief executive of Age Northern Ireland. She will head the charity which supports more than 30,000 older people by...

MPs publish children’s homes gudiance

MPs published the Education Committee’s Sixth Report of Session 2013-14 on Residential Children’s Homes last month which outlined when it is appropriate to refuse...

Cost of Dilnot ‘miscalculated’

The projected £2.5bn annual cost of implementing the Dilnot fee cap has been underestimated by the treasury by around £150m a year according to...

Huge investment opportunity in care integration – Colliers

There are ‘huge opportunities’ in the care sector for investors according to director of researching and forecasting at Colliers, Walter Boettcher, speaking at the...