Parklands Care Homes is investing £11 million on a new flagship care home at Milton of Leys on the outskirts of Inverness.

Foundation Partners Asset Management and Deer Capital have acquired Hartford Care Homes.

Agincare has confirmed it has exchanged contracts to acquire two Somerset Care homes previously threatened with closure.

HC-One has cited rising inflation and pressure on publicly funded fees after posting a £63 million loss in the financial year ending September 2023.

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Elevation Healthcare Properties has acquired Abbey Wood Lodge, a 60-bed, purpose-built care home in Ormskirk, Lancashire.

Oakland Care has gained planning consent for a new 75-bed care home in Harpenden, Hertfordshire.

Aurem Care, a care provider for older people, has appointed Daryl Martin as regional director (north).

Skills for Care, the strategic workforce development and planning body for adult social care in England, has appointed Peter Chambers to its board.

Care provider Anavo has acquired five Scottish care homes which it has managed since 2021 following their entering administration.

Digital care platform Log My Care has secured £3 million from investor Mercia Ventures.

Hallmark Luxury Care Home has officially opened Hallmark Willingdon Park Manor, a new, £21.6 million 85-bed residential, dementia and nursing home in Eastbourne, East Sussex.

Care home management consultancy Fulcrum Care has appointed Becky Garnett-Buchma as managing director and Kelly Brosnan as commercial director.

Ashberry Healthcare, a boutique care provider focused on small community living, has acquired Engelberg Care Home in Wolverhampton from Methodist Homes.

Hallmark Luxury Care Homes has acquired a 1.78-acre site in Cardiff, Wales.

The Orders of St John Care Trust has expanded its private pay offering with its acquisition of luxury care home provider, Elmfield Care.

Impact Healthcare REIT, a real estate investment trust comprising UK healthcare real estate assets, with a focus on care homes, has reported 2023 pre-tax-profit of £48.8 million.

Cornerstone Healthcare has secured Virgin Money funding for a multimillion-pound care home renovation.

Pebbles has acquired BDT Care Solutions, which operates four homes for children and young people in South Lanarkshire and Dumfries and Galloway.

Almost all care homes forced to close by the Care Quality Commission in England are run on a for-profit basis, new analysis has found.

Westgate Healthcare has unveiled plans to develop and open two new care homes in Hertfordshire.

Integrated retirement community start-up Wallacea Living has appointed Sue Timney as creative director.

Target Healthcare REIT has reported that its contractual rent increased by 2.4% in the second half of 2023, compared to the previous six months.

Hallmark Luxury Care Homes has been granted planning permission to build a care home on a two-acre site in Woodford Green, East London.

Orchard Care Homes has appointed Geoff Edwards as director of operations overseeing the group’s central region.

Cinnamon Care Collection has refinanced two luxury homes with lender Leumi UK in a £23 million arrangement:

Elevation Healthcare Properties has acquired from Clariane 11 properties and simultaneously leased them back to Berkley Care Group.

Hallmark Luxury Care Home has opened a £23 million 80-bed, residential, dementia and nursing home in Bath.

Anchor, a not-for-profit provider of older people’s housing and care, has appointed Julia Mixter as executive director, business services.

Lilli, which provides technology and services to enable people with health problems to live at home, has raised £8.2 million in Series A financing led by West Hill Capital.

Investment manager AlphaReal has structured and invested £33 million of long income real estate-backed investments on behalf of the retirement company Just Group.

Oyster Care Homes is to open three care homes in the Southeast in April and May this year.

Graham Care Group has opened new Kent care home Whitstable House, which will provide long and short-term residential and nursing care.

Wren House-backed Voyage Care has appointed Mike McKessar as chief executive.

Aedifica has invested approximately €25 million in six care homes in the Netherlands, acquiring the remaining 50% stake of its joint venture with Korian.

London-based home care provider Vivant has appointed Kelly Morris as director of care operations.

McGoff Group is developing Herne Bay, a multi-use elderly care and retirement living site in Herne Bay, Kent.

Specialist and complex care provider Cornerstone Healthcare Group has appointed Paul Hayes as chief executive.

Care England, the representative body for independent adult social care, has appointed Majesticare’s chief executive Angela Boxall as its new chair, succeeding Avnish Goyal.

Scottish care group Enhance Healthcare has added a further 189 beds across four homes on the Ayrshire coast in Scotland.

Care Concern Group has been given the green light to deliver an 81-bed care home in Fulham, online information suggest.

Healthcare real estate investment trust Aedifica completed 10 projects from its investment programme during the fourth quarter of 2023

Labour shadow care minister Andrew Gwynne has vowed to make a National Care Service “not just an ambition but a reality”.

Learning disability charity Hft has appointed Steve Veevers as its chief executive, replacing Kirsty Matthews who stepped down after three years in the role.

Lovett Care is developing a purpose-built care home in Northern Moor, Manchester, offering nursing and dementia care, and treatments for other mental health conditions.

Liaise, a provider of residential and supported living services for people with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs, has appointed Mark Sherriff as chief commercial officer.

Revenue across Tristone Healthcare’s portfolio of businesses has risen by 35% in 2023 following a series of investments in social care.

Signature Senior Lifestyle has opened Signature at Highgate on The Bishops Avenue, one of London’s most expensive streets.

Person Centred Software has acquired DepenSys, an app which matches care staff capability and capacity with care residents’ needs.   

Retirement housing provider Audley Group has appointed Emma Robinson as health and wellness director.

ImproveWell's chief executive Lara Mott in an exclusive interview with HealthInvestor on the shift from annual to real-time workforce checks. 

Development finance lender Atelier has provided finance facilities totalling £23.9 million for two new care homes. 

Hallmark Care Homes has undergone a rebranding initiative as part of a broader strategic effort driven by consumer insights.

Stirling Square Capital Partners has sold specialist education provider Outcomes First Group to private equity firm TPG’s global impact investing vehicle The Rise Fund.

Puma Property Finance has provided a senior debt facility of approximately £13 million to develop a care home and children’s day nursery in Bowdon, South Manchester.

Parklands Care has acquired Craigard Care Group, a portfolio of three care homes on behalf of the joint administrators Graham Smith and Tom MacLennan of FRP Advisory.

Mysa Care has acquired supported living provider PoC based in Ystrad Mynach, South Wales.

Luxury retirement villages provider Audley Group has appointed Gary Burton as chief operating officer, to add to his current role as chief financial officer.

Adlington Retirement Living has secured £75 million from NatWest Group and Homes England to accelerate its pipeline of integrated retirement communities across England.

Care leaders have called for a new workforce strategy to drive domestic recruitment after the home secretary yesterday tightened rules on access to overseas workers.

Alantra Specialist Care Fast 50 data show a remarkable resilience among specialist adult care providers in the UK.

The Progress Group has acquired MyWorkMode, a digital marketplace that connects care providers with care workers.

In a recent interview with HealthInvestor, co-founder and chief marketing officer Morten Mathiesen reveals Sekoia's bold plans. 

Gold Care Homes has acquired three additional homes.

Care provider, Hallmark Luxury Care Homes, has announced it will undergo a refinancing process “to enable future growth and investment”.

Private equity firm Stirling Square is close to divest specialist education provider Outcomes First Group (OFG)

Real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate has added Manor Farm in Old Malton, North Yorkshire to Octopus Healthcare Fund’s portfolio.

Retirement living provider Audley Group has secured a five-year, £28.5 million financing facility, provided by investment manager Federated Hermes.

PE is shifting its focus away from the social and home-based care sectors, RSM UK's Jasper van Heesch and Suneel Gupta tell HealthInvestor.

BGF has exited Antser Group, a provider of assessments and social care training, following a management buyout backed by YFM Equity Partners.

UK care home operators have seen a 3% rise in occupancy levels, with several operators across the country now trading well above pre-pandemic levels, according to property advisor Knight Frank.

Adult social care provider National Care Group has appointed Edel Harris as a non-executive director.

West Bromwich-based care provider Select Lifestyles has promoted two of its employees to executive director level.

The National Care Consortium today closed a deal on two FSHC homes, amounting to a total of £5 million in value, this publication hears from chief executive Tanzeel Younas.

Adlington Retirement Living is building a new retirement community in St Leonards in Exeter.

An intergenerational care village, home to older people and young children together, has been officially opened in Chester.

AlphaReal says it has deployed £350 million of long income real estate-backed investments over nine months on behalf of Just Group.

Investment manager Downing announced it has invested in a specialist and elderly residential care business in recent weeks.

Care provider Cornerstone Healthcare Group, announced today that its co-founder Johann van Zyl, will step down as chief executive.

Housing charity Abbeyfield is to close 29 properties with a further 14 still under consultation.

The National Care Consortium is picking up speed, expanding across the UK. HealthInvestor sits down with CEO Tanzeel Younas to find out more.

Liaise, an Intriva Capital-backed provider of specialist care services for adults has appointed Nick Essex as chief financial officer.

Abdul A Ravat, has been appointed chair of the National Housing Federation’s Older Persons’ Housing Group.

Law firm Anthony Collins has appointed Laura Jordan as a partner for its health and social care offering.

Exemplar Health Care has officially opened its Hylton Grange nursing home in Sunderland.

Farrans Construction, has been appointed by Inspired Villages to begin construction of a £45 million retirement community in Sonning Common.

Care leaders have expressed their disappointment after today’s King’s Speech failed to address pressures on the sector.

Knight Frank has partnered with BKR Care Consultancy to offer healthcare clients strategic advice and property solutions.

FSHC has sold nine operational sites for a total of £16.1 m in cash, as reported in a statement issued jointly by the administrators and the group

Specialist dementia care provider Vida Healthcare has appointed Arron Bolland as learning development and quality manager.

Community Integrated Care has appointed Jemima Burnage as chief quality and risk officer.

LNT Care Developments has secured a revolving framework facility from real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate.

Birchgrove has secured a £35 million development finance loan from real estate lender and investor Octopus Real Estate.

Construction has begun on Voyage Care’s brain injury rehabilitation services in Ellesmere Port in Cheshire.

The National Care Consortium is embarking on a expansion initiative throughout the UK, bolstered by a unding package from HSBC UK

Innovative new projects in social care are to benefit from a £42.6 million fund from the Department of Health and Social Care.

Kingsley has acquired Catchpole Court Nursing Home and St Mary’s Care Home from Four Seasons Health Care Group.

Not-for-profit care provider HICA Group, headquartered in Hessle, Yorkshire, has appointed Helen Worsley and Sam Kind as financial controllers.

Newcastle upon Tyne-based property, care and leisure company Malhotra Group has purchased three Four Seasons Health Care homes located in Howdon, Morpeth and Blyth.

London-based care suppliers’ purchasing network Spectrum Care has appointed Amin Thobani and Rishad Datoo to its board of directors.