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OakNorth provides facilities to MPS Care Group

OakNorth Bank has provided funds to MPS Care Group, a provider of residential nursing and ...
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‘Councils on the brink’ as Unison warns of £4bn shortfall

New figures, based on information from local authorities, show council funding is in a dire ...
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Local authority adult social care spend up £1.5bn in 2023-24

Adult social care spend was up 7% year on year, for a total of £23.3 ...
3 months
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Welsh Government pumps £6.5m into Pembroke health and care hub construction

The project had already been awarded £4.1 million of UK Levelling Up Funding bringing the ...
3 months
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Yorkshire NHS workers secure back pay through union negotiations

Unison successfully argued that the band two healthcare assistants had for years undertaken band three ...
4 months
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Lovett Care secures project finance

Care home operator Lovett Care has secured a £65 million revolving credit facility from real ...
4 months
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Home care fee rates ‘dangerously low’, warns Homecare Association

The organisation said fees are failing to keep pace with rising wages and costs, risking ...
4 months
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Labour scraps care cost reform, accuses Tories of ‘covering up’ £22bn shortfall

By axing the long-planned cap on care costs, which had its genesis in a 2011 ...
4 months
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Dan Hewitt joins care sector broker Chandler & Co from Cynergy Bank

Hewitt was formerly commercial banking relationship director for Cynergy Bank.
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Labour to pledge £12 minimum wage for care workers in today’s manifesto

The move would mean care workers across the country are paid at least £12 an ...
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Home care provider considers AIM IPO

Home care provider Hales Group has announced it is considering an IPO on the AIM ...
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Renaissance Care to double revenue to over £100m by 2029, Robert Kilgour says

As the company marks 20 years in business, Kilgour said the care sector is 'in ...
6 months
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HC-One cites rising costs in posting £63m loss

HC-One has cited rising inflation and pressure on publicly funded fees after posting a £63 ...
8 months
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Anchor gains A+ credit rating with stable outlook

S&P Global Ratings has issued an A+ credit rating with a stable outlook for Anchor.
8 months
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Cornerstone Healthcare secures Virgin Money care home funding

Cornerstone Healthcare has secured Virgin Money funding for a multi-million pound care home renovation.
9 months
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Residents £6m better off thanks to Anchor financial service

Residents are over £6 million better off thanks to a financial inclusion service provided by ...
9 months
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Target reports rental growth supported by tenant profitability

Target Healthcare, a real estate investment trust (REIT) which invests in modern, purpose‐built care homes, ...
10 months
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Care home operators enter administration

Two care home operators in the South of England have entered administration.
11 months
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Costs inflation hits Shaw healthcare profit

Employee-owned care home operator Shaw healthcare reported a drop in profit due to higher costs ...
11 months
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Adlington Retirement Living secures investment

Adlington Retirement Living has secured £75 million from NatWest Group and Homes England to accelerate ...
12 months
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Hallmark Luxury Care Homes announces refinancing

Care provider, Hallmark Luxury Care Homes, has announced it will undergo a refinancing process “to ...
1 year
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Barchester enjoys post-Covid bounce in profits

Barchester Healthcare has reported an eightfold rise in pre-tax profit in 2022 as services returned ...
1 year
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Hartford Care agrees new credit facility with NatWest

Care home provider Hartford Care has agreed a new credit facility with NatWest of £45 ...
1 year
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Firms collaborate for new London IRC

Senior Living Investment Partners is investing in an integrated retirement community in Brent Cross Town ...
1 year
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Four Seasons withdraws one-third of freehold care homes from sale process

Four Seasons has withdrawn a sub-portfolio of care homes from a sale of 111 care ...
1 year
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Government invests £600m to support care workforce

The government has unveiled a £600 million package to help with recruitment and retention in ...
1 year
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Care England calls for Ofgem action on hidden energy costs

Care England has called on Ofgem to take immediate action to protect care homes from ...
1 year
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Care homes pushed to the brink by mortgage rate rises

Rising mortgage rates are pushing more care homes towards the brink of closure, leaders have ...
1 year
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Private equity healthcare ownership leads to higher costs and worse care, study finds

A global study has found private equity ownership of healthcare services, including hospitals and nursing ...
1 year
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Care providers being ‘crippled’ by delayed invoice payments

Over one in five (22%) of home care providers and 6% of nursing/care home providers ...
1 year
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Four Seasons sale of 111 freehold care homes expected to complete in late 2023

Four Seasons Health Care has said the sale of its core portfolio of 111 freehold ...
1 year
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Impact Healthcare REIT adjusts debt

Impact Healthcare REIT has increased the size and extended the maturity of its revolving credit ...
1 year
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Opus Restructuring appointed to manage closure of Scottish care homes

Opus Restructuring and Insolvency has been appointed to manage the closure of two Scottish care ...
1 year
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Minster Care Group to manage turnaround of former Silverline homes

Minster Care Group has been appointed to manage the turnaround of seven care homes previously ...
1 year
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Welltower funds Healthcare Ireland’s ‘hugely ambitious’ UK expansion plan

Specialist US investment company Welltower is investing in the expansion of Northern Ireland’s largest privately ...
2 years
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HC-One cites ‘exceptional times’ in recording £6.1m operating loss

HC-One has cited “exceptional times” after recording a £6.1 million operating loss for the year ...
2 years
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‘Significant market interest’ in Four Seasons sale

Four Seasons Health Care has reported “significant market interest” in its sale of 111 freehold ...
2 years
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Rapport Housing and Care breaches governance and financial viability standard

Rapport Housing and Care has been issued with a regulatory notice for breaching the governance ...
2 years
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New finance director at Athena Care Homes

Athena Care Homes, a family-run care home company based in East Anglia, has appointed Ben ...
2 years
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Son ‘distressed’ by £4,000 after death care home charge

The son of a care home resident has said he suffered “additional distress” after being ...
2 years
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Care home recruiter banned for seven years for abusing Covid support schemes

A care home recruiter has been banned for seven years after abusing Covid loan schemes ...
2 years
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OakNorth Bank provides £6m loan to LV Care Group

OakNorth Bank has provided a £6 million loan to Jersey care home provider LV Care ...
2 years
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RMBI Care £20m bond offer to fund care home investment

A £20 million bond offer for The Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Company (RMBI Care Co) ...
2 years
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Lovett Care acquires three care homes

Lovett Care has announced its acquisition of three care homes in the north of England.
2 years
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Wolverhampton home wins funding to create retro space

A Wolverhampton care home received a much-needed cash boost from a convenience store following the ...
2 years
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‘Irresponsibly low’ fees are forcing us out of business, say care providers

Care providers in North Wales say they are being forced out of business by “irresponsibly ...
2 years
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BGF invests £3.4 million into BN Care

Investment company BGF has invested £3.4 million into care home group BN Care.
2 years
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Local government finance settlement includes £2bn social care grant

This year’s £60 billion local government finance settlement for local services includes access to a ...
2 years
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RCB issues RMBI care market bonds

RCB Bonds has launched the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution Care Company 6.25% Sustainable Bonds due ...
2 years
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Elevation raises £330m for real estate investment in elderly care properties

Elevation has announced it has raised £330 million for its elderly care property real estate ...
2 years
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Civitas acquires CareTech specialist care properties in £200m deal

Leading social impact investor, Civitas Investment Management Limited, has announced its £200 million acquisition of ...
2 years
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Four in five know little to nothing on paying for social care

New research by older people’s charity Independent Age reveals that almost four in five people ...
2 years
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Care England to launch gas and electricity tender for care providers

Care England is launching the largest ever gas and electricity tender for care providers to ...
2 years
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Council raises care home provider payments to meet inflation and wage costs

Neath Port Talbot Council in Wales is investing an additional £677,000 in care home provider ...
2 years
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Care England partners with Hft to analyse challenges facing social care

National learning disability charity, Hft, and the largest representative body for independent adult social care ...
2 years
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Wales announces £1.4m care home energy efficiency grant scheme

A £1.4 million grant scheme has been announced in Wales to help care homes improve ...
2 years
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Target Healthcare REIT reports 33% rise in portfolio value

Listed specialist investor in modern, purpose-built UK care homes, Target Healthcare REIT, has reported a ...
2 years
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Barchester pays £11.4m in Covid-19 bonuses to frontline staff

Leading care home operator Barchester Healthcare paid £11.4 million in Covid-19 bonus payments to frontline ...
2 years
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Care England to host energy webinar for care home providers

Care England, the leading representative body for small, medium and large providers in England, has ...
2 years
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Belmont Healthcare announces £14m development deal

Belmont Healthcare has announced a £14 million investment deal with Impact Healthcare REIT. The deal ...
2 years
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Scottish Care warns of ‘devastating’ energy bill impact on care homes

Donald Mackaskill, chief executive of Scottish Care Scottish Care chief executive, Donald Macaskill, has warned ...
2 years
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ACI Care Group secures refinancing from Cynergy Bank

ACI Care Group has received £7.35 million of new funding from Cynergy Bank.
2 years
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HCML acquires healthcare rm

HCML, a provider of rehabilitation and care management services, has acquired healthcare rm, an employee ...
2 years
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Lottie raises £6m from General Catalyst

Lottie, a comparison website for residential care and independent living, has raised £6.125 million from ...
2 years
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Wood Care Group completes refinance deal

Buxton, Derbyshire-based independent brokerage, Montane Finance, has provided Wood Care Group with a seven-figure refinance ...
2 years
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Renaissance Care sets out growth plans with multi-million-pound energy efficiency and sustainability investment

Scottish care home group, Renaissance Care, has announced plans to spend around £14 million on ...
3 years
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Older people avoided social care service during the first and second wave of the pandemic

Covid-19 had a significant impact on older people approaching local authorities for social care support, ...
3 years
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Call for outcome-based payment system

Call for outcome-based payment system
3 years
Finance
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“Huge opportunity missed” – Johnson’s tax hike will mostly benefit the NHS, say care leaders

“Huge opportunity missed” – government’s tax hike will mostly benefit the NHS, say care leaders
3 years
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Mixed response to proposed NI increase to cap care costs

Mixed response to proposed NI increase to cap care costs
3 years
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Study shows care home market is in good shape

Care home market in good shape, says Christie & Co
3 years
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Lenders supporting the care sector – challenging times but positive signs

Lenders supporting the care sector - challenging times but positive signs
3 years
Finance
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Primary care investment returns fall as stock shortage bites

Primary care investment returns fall as stock shortage bites
3 years
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MPs accuse governments of “decades of neglect” in social care

MPs accuse governments of “decades of neglect” in social care
3 years
Finance
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VAT chance

We talk to Kieran Lynch managing director Jock Waugh about the impact of indirect taxation on ...
3 years
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Huge rise in demand for social care advice

Huge rise in demand for social care advice
4 years
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Anger at lack of social care reform

Anger at lack of social care reform progress
4 years
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Call for an annual £7 billion increase in social care funding

Care leaders have called for an annual £7 billion increase in social care funding
4 years
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Time is “now or never” for social care reform

Time is “now or never” for social care reform
4 years
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Reviewing your Commercial Mortgage Options with Chandler & Co.

Reviewing your Commercial Mortgage Options
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ICG backs Labour call for £10 an hour minimum wage

Care campaigners have backed calls for care staff to be paid a minimum of £10 ...
4 years
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Very few people saving to fund their social care

New research shows that social care barely registers as a planning or funding priority when ...
4 years
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Call for drastic overhaul of “fragile and exposed” UK care system

The government urgently needs to deliver on its manifesto commitment to fix the failing social ...
4 years
Finance
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Care England collects F.O.I. data on fees

Care England collects F.O.I. data on fees
6 years
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Union probe finds many are having trouble paying for their social care

Union probe finds many are having trouble paying for their social care
6 years
Associations
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Care home quality dips in some areas

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