Staff costs help push Nightingale into loss

Marylebone-based mental health provider Florence Nightingale Hospitals has reported a swing into loss for the year ended 31 December 2024, driven by a ‘high...

WPA returns to equilibrium as claims costs reduce

WPA has said its insurance business returned to ‘equilibrium’ in 2024 following a year of high claims and insurance losses in 2023. The not-for-profit insurer...

PHP fends off private equity with £1.8bn Assura merger deal

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has struck a recommended £1.8bn merger with Assura, seeing off a £1.7bn all-cash bid from a consortium led by KKR...

Portman Healthcare lifts EBITDA 70% as Dentex integration boosts revenue

Portman Healthcare (Group) Limited has reported a 70% rise in adjusted EBITDA to £90.6m for the year to 30 September 2024 as the enlarged...

InHealth grows revenue as it expands screening and diagnostics footprint

lnHealth UK Holdings has posted an 11% increase in revenue to £337.3m for the year to 30 September 2024 driven by the expansion of...

Perci Health raises €4m to expand virtual cancer clinic

Digital cancer care provider Perci Health has raised €4m in an oversubscribed funding round backed by Macmillan Cancer Support, Guinness Ventures, Conduit Fund and...

Assura backs improved £1.7bn cash offer from KKR and Stonepeak-backed Bidco

Specialist healthcare REIT Assura has confirmed that it has reached an agreement on the terms of an increased £1.7bn cash offer from KKR and...

PHL Group acquires Totally Plc trading subsidiaries out of administration

PHL Group today announced its acquisition of the trading subsidiaries of Totally Plc out of administration. Shares in the AIM-listed urgent care and NHS insourcing...

Aeon planning UK expansion following funding round

Swiss healthtech company Aeon has raised €8.2m in seed funding to support its expansion across Switzerland, Germany and the UK, with more than ten...

Franco-Italian eyewear group to acquire Optegra from MidEuropa

Franco-Italian eyewear group EssilorLuxottica has agreed to acquire pan-European ophthalmology group Optegra from its private equity backers as part of a major expansion strategy. Financial...