Finance

Newly merged investment business Octopus Real Estate, part of the Octopus Group, has secured a site, subject to planning, for an 80 bed care home in Solihull.

Investors defended the role of private equity investment in social care at the LaingBuisson Social Care Conference in London yesterday.

Octopus Group has announced the merger of two businesses to maximise its growth potential in the UK property market.

Impact Healthcare REIT has announced its £21m acquisition of four Maria Mallaband and Countrywide Group (MMCG) care homes.

Busy Bees nursery founder John Woodward and Care England CEO Martin Green say a childcare, salary sacrifice voucher scheme could be part of the answer to the country’s social care funding crisis.

Administrators have been appointed for the two holding companies of Four Seasons Healthcare, Elli Investments Ltd and Elli Finance (UK) Plc.

Tory MP, Damian Green, has proposed a radical new vision for funding social care.

Independent Age has called for the introduction of free personal care to eliminate ‘catastrophic’ costs on elderly people.