Care charity appoints Dr Pete Inkpen as CEO

A charity providing care to retired seafarers has appointed Dr Pete Inkpen as its chief executive officer. Dr Inkpen, who begins his role at Royal...

Lifeways completes refurbishment project at Abbeymoor

Lifeways has completed a £700,000 refurbishment project at a residential care service supporting people with neurological conditions in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear. The project at...

Kevin Beirne to replace Mick Laverty as CEO of ExtraCare Charitable Trust

Kevin Beirne has been appointed as chief executive officer of the ExtraCare Charitable Trust. He will succeed Mick Laverty, who is retiring after 10 years...

Allica Bank raises LTV ratio on mortgages for care operators

Allica Bank has increased its maximum loan-to-value (LTV) ratio to 75% on older people’s care home commercial mortgages. The rise aims to give operators greater...

The Argyll Group acquires Auchlochan Garden Village

Auchlochan Garden Village in Lesmahagow, South Lanarkshire, has been acquired after three years in administration by property and care home operator The Argyll Group. The...

Outcomes First Group expands into the GCC

Outcomes First Group (OFG) is strengthening its presence across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) with the appointment of a chief executive officer for the...

‘Dereliction of public duty’ not to fix social care, says PM

Baroness Louise Casey of Blackstock has agreed to provide the Independent Commission on Adult Social Care’s final recommendations by summer 2027, a year earlier...

Baroness Casey launches conversation on care

Baroness Casey of Blackstock has launched The Big Conversation on Care, handing the public a direct role in shaping the future of adult social...

Signature appoints director of people and service excellence

Signature Senior Lifestyle has promoted Mel Grigg to the newly created role of director of people and service excellence. Grigg joins the executive leadership team...

St Mary’s Care Homes’ refurbishment project on track  

St Mary’s Chanterlands Lodge Care Home in Hull, East Yorkshire, is on track to open in early winter, following a refurbishment project. Formerly St Mary’s...