RECENT NEWS

Specialist lender Octopus Real Estate has loaned £26.3m to Connaught Care to support the construction of two new care homes.

Elizabeth Finn Homes, part of the anti-poverty charity group Turn2us, is marking 75 years since its inception in 1948.

Not-for-profit provider Anchor has added a purpose-built residential care home in Skipton, North Yorkshire, to its growing portfolio.

Methodist Homes (MHA) has announced the transfer of Hafan y Waun care home in Aberystwyth, Wales to Ceredigion County Council.

Hartford Care has acquired two newly built residential care homes in Alton and Southampton in Hampshire.

The Abbeyfield Reigate Society has marked five decades of support for its residents and older people in the local community with a celebratory anniversary event.

A new £13m care home is under construction in Dawlish, Devon, and is set to create up to 75 jobs when it opens in January next year.

Care home group BN Care has purchased its fifth care home after securing a joint finance package from HSBC UK and BGF.

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has completed the freehold sale of Alexander House in Bracklesham Bay, West Sussex.

Danforth Care Homes is celebrating the grand opening of Primrose House in the East Riding of Yorkshire –the eighth facility in Danforth’s growing portfolio.

Dementia care home specialist Church Farm Care has received planning permission to extend one of its care homes in Cotgrave, Nottinghamshire.

Three care homes in South Devon – Beacon House in Dartmouth, and Windward House and Willow House in South Brent – have been sold to Centrum Care Home Group.

Leading health and social care sector food supplier apetito has won three awards at the British Frozen Food Federation Awards.

Dementia care provider Vida Healthcare is celebrating after its latest care home, Vida Court, was rated as Outstanding by the CQC.

The government is to consult with the public on giving the CQC new regulatory powers to compel care providers to allow families to visit their loved ones in care homes.

Sunnyhill Residential Care Home in Eastbourne, East Sussex, has been sold by specialist business property adviser Christie & Co following the owner’s retirement.

Not-for-profit care group Greensleeves Care has launched Keys To Open Minds – a campaign to debunk common myths about life in care homes.

Not-for-profit provider Housing 21 has acquired 445 properties in London, East Anglia, and the South East from Clarion Housing.

Avery Healthcare Group has added 29 care homes to its portfolio, celebrating its new status as the fifth-largest provider in the UK by launching a new luxury brand.

Planning permission has been granted for Czajka Care Group to invest £1.5m in the expansion of its Currergate care home in Steeton, Yorkshire.