Investor believes specialist care services are improving

s an influential parliamentary group calls for reforms in the way adults of working age are cared for, one investor has backed the progress...

Acorn Care posts losses for a second year

Children’s care and education provider Acorn Care 1 reported significant losses for the year ending 31 August 2012. Despite increasing turnover from £76.3m to £110.6m,...

Sector commits to improving the lives of PLD

The Department of Health (DH), NHS England, Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, Care Quality Commission and the National Forum...

Flat financial year for Carewatch

Homecare and assisted living service provider Carewatch Holdings Limited has reported revenues of £51.5m for the year ended 31 December 2012. This marks only...

Children to remain in care for longer

Children’s and Families minister Edward Timpson has unveiled new rules to ensure more 16 and 17-year-olds remain in care. Children in care would remain there...

Sovereign enters into agreement for Hillcrest

Sovereign Capital has entered in an exclusivity agreement to buy special education provider Hillcrest Care. It has been reported that the private equity house, which...

Business case – CCMn meets

Representing care - CCMn meets Care Providers’Alliance chair Alex FoxChair of the Care Providers’ Alliance (CPA) and chief executive of Shared Lives Plus Alex...

Life Style Care posts small profit on ex-Southern Cross portfolio

Care Home operator Life Style Care (2011) plc has reported revenues of £50.9m in its first 14 months of trading to 31 October 2012....

An end to the rise in local authority homecare – but opportunities to grow...

The pattern of increasing homecare services funded by local authorities is now clearly over, according to new analysis from health and care specialists Laing...

Turnover doubles at Ideal

Ideal Carehomes Ltd saw turnover increase from £4.4m (as restated in 2012) to £8.1m for the year ending 31 March 2012.However, costs shot up...