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Bupa group profits rise 4%
10/03/2010
Private medical giant Bupa recorded strong group profits last year, despite a 5% drop in customer numbers and a sharp decline in sales in UK and North America.
CareTech prepares for acquisition drive
10/03/2010
Specialist social care firm CareTech is trading in line with expectations and confirmed at its AGM that it sees “significant opportunities for further growth in market share”.
3i returns with health deal
08/03/2010
Private equity giant 3i has acquired a majority stake in France’s fifth largest acute care company Vedici, its first investment in over a year.
Tristel profits rise 39%
08/03/2010
Infection and contamination control company Tristel has reported a pre-tax profit of £650,000 for the 26 week period ended 31 December 2009.
Lansley refers CCP case to the OFT
05/03/2010
The NHS ‘preferred provider dispute’ has been referred to the Office of Fair Trading by Conservative health spokesman Andrew Lansley.
Competition investigation derailed
04/03/2010
Primary care trusts (PCTs) in the east of England have been told to suspend all their procurement for community services, bringing a high profile investigation by the Department of Health’s competition panel to an abrupt halt.
VT walks away from Mouchel bid
04/03/2010
VT Group has dropped its takeover bid for support services firm Mouchel in order to concentrate on fending off an unsolicited £1.25 billion approach from engineering giant Babcock International.
Bridgepoint to acquire Care UK
03/03/2010
Private equity investor Bridgepoint Capital has made a recommended offer for health and social care provider Care UK.

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HealthInvestor Power Fifty
HealthInvestor Power Fifty
HealthInvestor magazine is delighted to unveil the ‘most influential’ people in the independent sector as voted by its readers.
The HealthInvestor Power Fifty was counted down at a gala lunch on 25 November at the Hilton Park Lane, central London.
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HealthInvestor Awards 2010
HealthInvestor Awards 2010
Now in its fourth year, the HealthInvestor Awards is the most prestigious and successful event in the industry’s calendar.
Our next black tie dinner will be held at the Hilton Park Lane on Thursday 27 May 2010.
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Review of the Year Review of the Year
 The past 12 months have been extremely challenging – and the health sector, for all its sound fundamentals, cannot claim to have sailed through the economic crisis untouched. HealthInvestor, with the help of our colleagues at Barclays, invited nine of the sector’s key players to discuss how we got to where we are, and what direction the UK health sector will take from here.
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Interview: Kingsley Manning
Interview with... Kingsley Manning
HealthInvestor catches up with Kingsley Manning, director of consultancy firm Tribal Newchurch, to discuss the NHS’s decision to move to a new commercial buying regime.
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Survey
The Healthcare Industry Barometer 2009
HealthInvestor teamed up with law firm Nabarro to survey 101 private sector professionals specialising in healthcare about the current state of the industry.
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