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Social care experts widely see the Casey Review’s 2028 release date as a delay tactic and wonder if some businesses will even survive to see its conclusion.
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Angela Rippon is the celebrity ambassador for Care UK’s campaign “the Big Dementia Conversation”.
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Neil Eastwood is looking to tackle the care sector’s workforce crisis. Not only does his app offer a novel solution, but his experience as a former carer and care group director gives him a fascinating perspective on where employers are going wrong.
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Swanton Care and Community has acquired Alina Disability Support which provides care and support for children and adults with learning disabilities.
M&A
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Elevation Healthcare Properties has acquired land and agreed forward-funding to support the development of three new purpose-built care homes.
Real estate
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Oakland Care’s purchase of a 70-bed care home development site last month highlights key trends in the elderly care market.
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PE firm Lonsdale has launched two build-and-buy platforms in homecare and dentistry. HealthInvestor speaks to an advisor on the homecare deal to find out more.
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Senior Living Investment Partners, a partnership between Pension Insurance Corporation and Octopus Real Estate, has announced an investment via its joint venture with Elysian Residences.
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Strong Life Care has purchased two purpose-built care homes: The Beeches in Armthorpe, South Yorkshire and Tenlands in Ferryhill, County Durham.
M&A
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Integrated retirement community operator Wallacea Living has appointed Nazish Shaikh into the newly-created role head of HR.
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Occupancy levels across UK private care homes returned to, and in some cases exceeded, the pre-pandemic long-term average to reach 88%.
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Elizabeth Finn Homes, which operates eight care homes across England, has appointed Ruth French and Julian Ide as non-executive directors.
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OakNorth Bank has provided funds to MPS Care Group, a provider of residential nursing and care homes for adults.
Social care
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Care home provider Oakland Care has purchased a 70-bedroom care home development site in Fleet, Hampshire.
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Property developer Zephyr X has acquired a site for a new senior living development in Kidderminster, Worcestershire.
Real estate
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A comprehensive survey from the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) displays the devastating impact the budget will have on care and support providers.
Politics & policy
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Forbes Stuart, partner at Ignite Growth, which acquired supported living business Acorns Healthcare, talks bout Ignite’s regional growth strategy, his thoughts on UK political risk and more.
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Huge wage bills in the wake of changes to employers’ national insurance contributions could cripple some healthcare operators, market experts tell HealthInvestor.
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Elevation Healthcare Properties has completed the sale and leaseback of Henbrook House care home in St Neots, Cambridgeshire, which is let to Connaught Care.
Social care
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Care provider Barchester Healthcare has reported 2023 income of 22.5 million, up from £21.9 million reported for 2022.
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Smart Care Homes has acquired Mannamead Care, a group of four care homes and an independent living unit in Plymouth, Devon.
M&A
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Healthcare M&A has rebounded in a big way. Year-end figures should see at least £2.5bn worth of transactions completed in the UK. Elderly care has proved particularly attractive.
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Ignite Growth has acquired Acorns (Southern), a specialist supported living business based in Curdridge, Hampshire.
M&A
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A Qualia Care home, St Mary’s Nursing Home in Moston, Manchester, has been sold to Vriddhi Investments on behalf of the administrator Griffins.
M&A
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Christie & Co has appointed Andrew Fyfe as an associate director in its care team in Scotland, to handle key healthcare transactions across Scotland.
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Development finance lender Atelier has provided a £23.6 million facility to develop a vacant purpose-built 119-bed care home in London.
Real estate
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Hartford Care has entered into a partnership with construction firm Highwood Group to develop a residential care home in Fordingbridge, Hampshire.
Real estate
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Grosvenor Health and Social Care Group has acquired Lifted Care, the care services arm of Lifted, a social care technology platform.
M&A
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Alternative lender Broadwood Capital has secured backing from asset manager Aviva Investors for a dedicated sustainable later-living credit fund.
Real estate
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Lovett Care has acquired luxury care home developer and operator New Care for an undisclosed sum.
M&A
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Buy and build residential care and supported living specialist Swanton Care has acquired Derbyshire-based supported living services provider Oaklands Support.
M&A
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Property developer Zephyr X has purchased and commenced groundworks for a senior living development in Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire.
Real estate
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International alternative asset fund management group Bridgepoint has sold care home provider Care UK which it bought in 2010.
Real estate
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Signature Senior Lifestyle, in partnership with Elevation, has completed the debt financing and construction agreements to support the development of three wholly-owned sites.
Real estate
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Nursing and care home operator Country Court has sold a portfolio of three care homes for around £50 million.
Real estate
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Elevation and Anavo acquire Hampshire care home site Real estate fund Elevation Healthcare Properties, in partnership with care home operator Anavo, have acquired a site with planning consent for a care home in Havant, Hampshire.
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Care provider Loveday & Co has appointed Sian Hammer as managing director.
Social care
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Rowlinson has been appointed as contractor to build St Thomas’ Gardens, a multi-generational residential community in Stockport, Greater Manchester..
Real estate
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OakNorth Bank has provided a £2.25 million loan to a new joint venture between Kyte Property and Grosvenor Hill.
Real estate
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UK and Ireland law firm Browne Jacobson has appointed Laura Chinyere-Ezeh as HR consultant in health and social care.
Social care
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The Care Quality Commission has appointed Sir Julian Hartley as its new chief executive.
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Christie & Co has launched its ‘Care market review 2024’ report, which analyses the UK healthcare business market.
Market analysis
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Midlands Care has acquired three purpose-built care homes in Leicestershire.
M&A
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Zephyr X has announced that its latest care home redevelopment in Oxfordshire is set to open in the first quarter of 2025, which will be operated by Bracebridge Care..
Social care
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Puma Property Finance has facilitated a £17 million loan to Cinnamon Luxury Care to deliver a new 73-bed care home in Thurnby, Leicester.
Social care
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Technology provider Clanwilliam has released its care management software in the UK, which simplifies admin duties.
Technology
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Fulcrum Care has acquired four Scottish care homes on long-term leases from Impact Healthcare REIT.
Real estate
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The Healthcare Management Trust has acquired St Quentin Care Homes.
M&A
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Care home provider Signature Senior Lifestyle has appointed Vishul Seewoolall as chief operating officer.
Social care
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Care home operator, Curo Care Group, has purchased two care homes in Stockport, Greater Manchester, and a further two in Cumbria.
Real estate
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Target Healthcare REIT has reported 11.8% annual return in year ended 30 June 2024, by the help of increasing portfolio valuation and rent income.
Social care
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A new white paper has been launched detailing the "first steps to fixing social care".
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Growth capital investor BGF stated it has generated a strong ROI in care village provider Springfield Healthcare Group, as it exits the partnership with a sale of six care villages.
M&A
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Intellectual disabilities care provider Milewood Healthcare has appointed Anthony Miller as director of business development and growth.
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Healthcare real estate fund, EHP, has agreed forward-funding to Simply Care to develop two care homes in Gravesend and Pagham.
Social care
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Healthcare real estate investment trust Aedifica has acquired four care homes with a total capacity of 264 residents, for £61.5 million.
Social care
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Real estate lender Beaufort Capital has arranged a long term financing facility for LNT Care Developments, to build 264 care beds all across England.
Social care
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Teignmouth, Devon located residential care home has been acquired by Kennedy Sabapathy, who owns five care homes with three in neighbouring locations.
Social care
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Care home developer, Simply Develop UK, has purchased a development site in Pagham, West Sussex with a planning permission of 80-bedroom care home.
Social care
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Muller Property Group has acquired a 1.35-acre site in South Normanton, Derbyshire.
Real estate
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Property developer Zephyr X has secured £20 million in loans from Puma Property Finance to finance two new build care homes in Southeast England.
Real estate
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A joint venture between property development company Barcroft Estates and an unnamed global investment company have purchased a 70-bed care home scheme.
M&A
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Mysa Care, a care provider backed by investment manager Downing, has completed three acquisitions.
M&A
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Cardiff-based Shaw healthcare has acquired two care homes in South Wales from specialist care charity Leonard Cheshire.
M&A
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New Age Care, a Midlands-based home care service, has appointed Nav Singh as head of governance and quality assurance.
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Exemplar Health Care, a provider of nursing care for adults with complex and high acuity needs, has opened Woodside Place care home in Telford, Shropshire.
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Beaufort Capital has completed a facility to fund the development of 82-bed care home in Southwest London.
Social care
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Anchor Hanover Group, a not-for-profit provider of housing and care for older people, has appointed Lyn Romeo as a non-executive director.
Social care
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Florence, the tech start-up that connects vacant care home shifts to local nurses and carers, has appointed Roberto Taracido Ruiz as chief revenue officer.
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Optimo Care Group has acquired supported living and specialist care provider CFT Care.
M&A
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Cinnamon Care Collection’s latest care home, Oakley Grange in Bishop’s Tachbrook, Warwickshire, has been completed.
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McCarthy Stone¸dge, South Glamorgan, from property firm Mercian Developments.
M&A
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Avery Healthcare’s latest purpose-built care home Waterhouse Manor Care Home in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, has been completed.
Real estate
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Affinity Care Consortium has acquired the Silver Birches care home in Solihull in the West Midlands with the support of a seven-figure funding package from HSBC UK.
M&A
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Vshans Care has purchased two care homes in Clwyd: Bryn Marl Nursing Home in Llandudno Junction, and Coed Isaf Nursing Home at Lllanrhos, near Llandudno.
Real estate
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Lovett Care has appointed Melanie Phillips as head of marketing, tasked with boosting occupancy, developing the company’s brand, and leading digital plans.
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Untold Living is developing a 77-unit integrated retirement community in Newport, Shropshire
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Connaught Care Collection is opening Meadowbrook, a new luxury care home in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
Real estate
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We Care Group has appointed Jo Crossland as quality director.
Social care
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Care sector joint venture development company Mercroft Estates is bringing two elderly care home schemes to the market.
Real estate
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Aria Care Group has appointed Antony Brister as its chief financial officer.
Social care
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Care home developer, Simply UK, has secured planning permission from the London Borough of Hillingdon for a 60-bed care home in Uxbridge, Greater London.
Real estate
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Aria Healthcare Group has acquired Surbiton, Surrey-headquartered Future Care Group, adding a further 18 homes to its portfolio.
M&A
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Care home operator Yorkare has opened a new £10 million care home in Haxby, North Yorkshire.
Real estate
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Impact Healthcare REIT has sold five of its non-core care homes for £8.8 million.
Real estate
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Commercial finance broker Chandler & Co has recruited Dan Hewitt as a senior broker. The firm finances businesses in the social care sector.
Social care
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Private equity and credit firm Warwick Capital Partners has acquired a majority stake in Danforth Care Homes.
M&A
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The Stepping Stone Group has received a £7.3 million three-year funding package from Broadwood Capital, arranged and structured by capital advisor Arc & Co.
Social care
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London based social care workforce management firm, Care Hires, has raised £1.7 million to advance its AI-driven agency staffing services.
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Home care group Bluebird Care has appointed Melony Fairchild as operations director, overseeing five offices across Southeast England and London.
Social care
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The Care Quality Commission’s chief executive Ian Trenholm has announced he is stepping down from his role.
Regulation
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Four Seasons Health Care Group (FHSC) has announced it will sell the business, including all 46 remaining homes.
Social care
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PGIM Real Estate has acquired senior housing operator Signature Senior Lifestyle in partnership with Elevation Advisors.
M&A
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Beaufort Capital has completed a funding facility for two new care homes in Wiltshire.
Social care
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Architectural practice Holmes Miller has received planning approval for three new care homes in Scotland.
Real estate
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Home care provider Hales Group has announced it is considering an IPO on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange this summer.
Social care
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Care provider CHD Living, plans to develop a care village in Deepcut, Surrey, which will include 1,200 homes, a primary school, nursery, church and a pub.
Social care
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Puma Property Finance has provided £18 million loan to Morrison Community Care Group (MCCG) to finance Ewell, Surrey based care home.
Social care
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Development financier Atelier has provided a £12.4 million loan to fund the construction of a new 76-bed care home in Worcester.
Social care
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Simply UK has purchased a development site in Northfleet, Kent, which has planning permission for a 75-bedroom care home.
Social care