Slight drop in demand for Bupa homes

Bupa’s care homes have experienced a ‘marginal’ fall in occupancy rates in the first six months of 2012, with the average facility operating at...

Another fee benchmarking tool hits the market

PA Consulting Group is the latest consultancy to join the care home fee benchmarking bandwagon with a tool for calculating costs.The company claims it...

Profits fall at Complete Care Group

Complete Care Group, the Housing 21 subsidiary which provides care for people with severe disabilities in their own homes, has reported a 10% dip...

Bradford found guilty after ILF error

Bradford Council has been forced to pay more than £100,000 to a man with severe learning difficulties after supplying the wrong information to the...

Porthaven portfolio starts to blossom

Premium care home provider Porthaven Care Homes LLP saw a three-fold increase in revenues reported for the year ended 31 March 2012 as its...

Online commissioning moves a step closer

Birmingham city council has appointed Milton-Keynes-based business Matrix SCM to supply the technology to commission social care services online.The Matrix system will be introduced...

Sevacare wins contracts nationwide

Homecare provider Sevacare announced it won six contracts last month. This is in addition to seven contracts wins at the beginning of 2012 (CCMn...

Specialist support housing fund launched

SAF Housing Solutions has launched a new social housing fund, the majority of which will go towards specialist supported housing and extra care developments.Local...

News in Brief – August/September 2012

Following the publication of the Social Care White Paper (CCMn July 2012) Housing LIN has released three documents to raise awareness about extra care...

Does Bowmark have autism operator Hesley North in its sights?

Speculation is growing that autism care provider Hesley North, part of the Hesley Group is to be sold to private equity firm Bowmark Capital...