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    • Thursday, 3 October, 2019
      Troubled care home operator fails to pay landlords

      Fears for residents after Four Seasons keeps back rent without warning

      Caregiver helping an elderly woman with her walking aid outdoors in the grounds of the retirement home.
    • Wednesday, 11 September, 2019
      UK care homes
      Four Seasons to be taken over by H/2 Capital Partners

      US hedge fund to assume control of most of care home chain’s portfolio in £400m deal

      File photo dated 18/05/17 of an elderly man. The Government must substantially invest in the social care system to avert the risk of "total collapse" in the worst-affected areas, a charity has warned. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Saturday August 31, 2019. Age UK said health and social care services were operating in a "perfect storm of limited financial resources, significant workforce challenges, and increasingly complex population needs". In a new report, Health and Care of Older People in England 2019, the charity said that social care remains stuck in "purgatory" while demand rises daily. See PA story HEALTH SocialCare. Photo credit should read: Joe Giddens/PA Wire
    • Wednesday, 17 July, 2019
      Bidders circle Four Seasons care homes at knockdown price

      Group could be sold for just £400m, half the level it fetched 7 years ago

      B2X64C Exterior view of Four Seasons Care Home, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
    • Monday, 6 May, 2019
      UK social care
      Four Seasons woes expose private care home risks

      Group continues to seek buyer but revives memories of Southern Cross

      B2X64C Exterior view of Four Seasons Care Home, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Decaffeinated Whitbread serves up an unappealing Brexit blend

      Skinnier hotels-only business has given bitter taste to its shares

      Guests wait outside a Premier Inn hotel at Heathrow airport in London, U.K., on Friday, April 20, 2012. Whitbread Plc, the owner of Premier Inn budget lodges, reported slowing sales growth as a tough market for U.K. hotels countered an improvement in demand at its Coast Coffee shops. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 30 April, 2019
      Care home operator Four Seasons appoints administrators

      Group seeks to push through a sale to save business that houses 17,000 residents

      Four Seasons will continue to operate as usual and is hoping to be sold by the end of the year
    • Sunday, 7 October, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      Terra Firma puts disputed care homes up for sale

      Private equity group seeks £225m for 24 homes that are the subject of a legal dispute

    • Friday, 27 April, 2018
      UK companies
      Four Seasons hit by winter rise in elderly deaths

      Indebted care home operator aims to stabilise business ahead of crucial restructuring

      Senior man and female carer sitting on sofa and talking in living room at home
    • Wednesday, 7 February, 2018
      UK companies
      Four Seasons closer to control by biggest creditor

      Care home chain has £525m of net debt, mostly owned by hedge fund H/2 Capital Partners

      B2XH1H Exterior view of Four Seasons Residential Care Home, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. The company cares for around 17,000 elderly and vulnerable people.. Image shot 2008. Exact date unknown.
    • Friday, 5 January, 2018
      Health
      FT Health: Governments and industry must do more on NCDs

      José Luis Castro, 2018 in focus, world’s costliest drug

    • Saturday, 16 December, 2017
      Sport
      Care home crisis deepens under private equity owners

      Battle between hedge fund and Four Seasons exposes risk of opaque structures

      Senior woman holding a wooden cane with one hand and her caregiver with other hand
    • Monday, 11 December, 2017
      LombardMatthew Vincent
      Hands’ private-equity approach is not helping the aged

      Loading up a narrow-margin business with high fixed-cost debt is hopelessly flawed

      Terra Firma Capital Partners Founder Guy Hands Interview...Guy Hands, founder of Terra Firma Capital Partners, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, U.K., on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Hands said Greece "could well" exit the euro area and warned anti-European political parties will seize on any concessions on debt relief. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Sunday, 10 December, 2017
      UK companies
      Four Seasons in crunch talks over debt deferral

      Deal to extend repayment into next year could be struck as early as Monday

      B2X64C Exterior view of Four Seasons Care Home, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK.
    • Monday, 4 December, 2017
      UK companies
      Four Seasons Health Care owner pushes for deal on debt to avoid failure
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2017
      Companies
      Four Seasons creditor offers to let it skip debt payment to advance talks
    • Wednesday, 8 November, 2017
      UK companies
      Terra Firma offers to hand creditors control of Four Seasons

      Move comes as Guy Hands’ firm looks to raise $3.4bn for buyout fund

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2017
      UK companies
      Four Seasons Health Care raises fees for elderly

      UK’s biggest care home operator says increases needed to offset food and energy costs

      BRISTOL, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 16: In this photo illustration an elderly person sits in a chair at home on February 16, 2015 near Bristol, England. The issues affecting the elderly, along with education and the economy are likely to be key elections issues in the forthcoming general election in May. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
    • Sunday, 4 December, 2016
      UK companies
      Four Seasons closes more care homes as losses deepen

      Growing debt burden forces cost cutting ahead of financial restructuring

      Four Seasons Health Care : Barrington Lodge Care Home, Bishop Auckland, where the resident chef discusses the menu with two elderly residents.
									Image from Four seasons website.
    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2016
      UK companies
      Four Seasons seeks bigger fee increases from local authorities

      Losses at Britain’s biggest care home owner continue to deepen

    • Sunday, 8 May, 2016
      UK social care
      Care-home providers push for help as fear of closures mount

      Providers in crisis meeting with health department over council tax increase

      BARNET, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: Elderly people enjoy a game of Bingo at the AgeUK Ann Owens Centre on December 4, 2013 in Barnet, England. AgeUK are a nationwide charity organisation that work with the growing number of elderly people throughout the UK. They run a number of activities for the elderly ranging from cookery classes to Tai Chi and try to improve the lives of pensioners from loneliness to fitness. (Photo by Bethany Clarke/Getty Images)
    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2016
      UK companies
      Four Seasons in crisis talks as earnings slide 39%

      Care homes operator says ‘all options are on the table’ as it looks to secure its long-term future

    • Wednesday, 6 April, 2016
      UK companies
      Four Seasons replaces chairman as battles mount

      Change fuels speculation that private equity backer Terra Firma is looking for exit

    • Monday, 23 November, 2015
      Companies By Region
      Four Seasons losses widen as costs rise

      UK’s biggest care home operator says it cash for “medium-term”

      LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 13: Two NHS staff walk with an elderly patient outside St Thomas' Hospital on October 13, 2011 in London, England. Inspections carried out by the Care Quality Commission in England have found concerns in the standard of basic elderly care in over half the hospitals assessed. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)
    • Thursday, 22 October, 2015
      UK companies
      Four Seasons launches emergency review of finances

      Debt-ridden care home provider appoints advisers

      Elizabeth Finn Homes, Haliwell Care Hine, Tunbridge Wells, Kent Credit: Daniel Lynch
    • Friday, 9 October, 2015
      Healthcare
      Bupa readies sale of 200 UK care homes

      Auction comes amid widening losses as sector grapples with government cuts and new EU rules

      REDHILL Surrey: The Redwood BUPA Hospital Canada Drive Redhill.
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