RECENT NEWS

St Mary’s Care Homes has announced that its new Leeds home – Adel Square Care Home – is on track to start welcoming residents in early 2026.

Holywell Care Group has acquired the 24-bed Catterall House in Garstang, near Preston in Lancashire, in a deal brokered by Montane Care.

Bellerose Care has bought Bankhouse Care Home in Lanarkshire, Scotland via a £2.5m refinance package from Unity Trust Bank.

Specialist dementia care provider Belong has been reaccredited by the Gold Standards Framework (GSF) for three of its care villages.

Cheylesmore Estates has completed the sale of a site in Hailey, Hertfordshire, with planning consent for a 75-bed premium care home, to Oakland Care.

Work has begun on the 85-bed Hallmark Melrose Grange in Cardiff – Hallmark Luxury Care Homes’ first fully electric home.

Leading Nottinghamshire care group Church Farm Care has been awarded the Level 2 Disability Confident Employer status for all five homes within its group.

Anchor has announced the appointment of Rachael Shimmin OBE as its new CEO.

Cheshire care home Sable Cottage has been sold to JAS Care Homes in a deal brokered by Montane Care.

Beechcroft House care home in Stafford has been sold to Nanak Care Limited, which now owns three homes in Staffordshire and one in the South West .

The Mill House Care Home in Worcester has achieved the Three Star Platinum Accreditation from the National Dementia Care Accreditation Scheme (NaDCAS).

Lovett Care has officially opened its latest care home – Upland Manor Care Home in Northern Moor, Manchester.

Digital bank OakNorth has provided an £87.6m property investment facility to specialist retirement living developer Elysian Residences.

Specialist business property adviser Christie & Co has announced the sale of West Lodge Care Home in Crook, Durham.

The Deputy Mayor of Wakefield has officially opened Fairwood Fields Care Home – part of the Crystal Care Collection – in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.

Octopus Capital has raised £60m for its Octopus Healthcare Fund from LGPS Central (LGPSC) and Knight Frank Investment Management.

Provider Caron Group has acquired three Welsh care homes from Priory Group in a deal brokered by specialist business property adviser Montane Care.

The Vegetarian for Life (VfL) Awards for Excellence in Vegetarian and Vegan Care Catering were held in October in the Jubilee Room at the Houses of Parliament.

CQC Chief Executive Sir Julian Hartley has stepped down with immediate effect after less than 12 months in the role.

The Social Care Institute for Excellence has responded to the new Carers UK report, ‘State of Caring 2025: The cost of caring – the impact of caring across carers’ lives.’