RECENT NEWS

National planning consultancy Boyer has secured a resolution to grant planning permission on behalf of Mercian Developments for 68-bed care home in Taunton, Somerset.

North East engineering firm RWO has won a six-figure contract to support construction of a new care home and assisted living facility in North Yorkshire.

Heathfields Residential Home in Bridgend, Wales, has been sold to an independent investment group after 30 years of private ownership.

The newly formed Aria Care Group has celebrated its official launch with a series of Alice in Wonderland tea parties.

Two care homes run by England’s largest provider of not-for-profit care, Anchor, have made the Knight Frank Top 50 Luxury Care Home Guide for 2023.

Hallmark Care Homes has acquired a 1.79 acre site in Cardiff to develop a new 80-bed, residential, nursing, and dementia care home.

Pupils from a local primary school have won a competition to name the suites at Care UK’s new Cuttlebrook Hall care home in Thame, Oxfordshire.

Heatherton House in Littleover, Derby, has celebrated its grand opening with an official ribbon cutting ceremony.

The National Care Forum has expressed its disappointment after the government significantly reduced its promised support for the social care workforce.

North East care provider Hark Group Holdings has recently trebled in size following a number of acquisitions across Tyne and Wear.

Four Seasons Health Care has won the Feefo Trusted Service award, an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses delivering world-class customer service.

Care UK has held a grand launch event for the opening of its state-of-the-art Oxbow Manor care home in Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

Specialist care provider Vida Healthcare is celebrating a decade of providing care to people living with dementia.

Anchor has been awarded Gold Status in the 2023 Inclusive Employers Standard – the first housing and care provider to achieve the accolade.

Award-winning care provider Ideal Carehomes is increasing pay for all of its hourly-paid team members by 8.5 per cent.

Barchester Healthcare has been named RoSPA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents) Health and Safety Healthcare Sector Winner for the fourth time in five years.

Care home meals provider apetito has partnered with wellbeing specialist Oomph to enable care home teams to access its dietary expertise.

Athena Care Homes has officially opened its new £1m Milton Lodge community at Ashlynn Grange Care Home.

New Care’s new state-of-the-art, £11m care facility in Grappenhall, Cheshire, is on track for completion this spring.

The National Association of Care Catering (NACC) has launched this year’s Care Chef of the Year competition to find the best chef working in the care sector.