Avinav Nigam and Krishna Ramkumar founded Tern Group to tackle healthcare professional shortages by harnessing the power of technology to make recruitment easier and more ethical for healthcare businesses and prospective employees alike.
German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach’s intention to ban investors from owning outpatient facilities appears to no longer have any realistic chance of being passed. Investors and advisors are consequently gearing up for a flurry of deals in H2 from pent-up demand.
The UK government has launched a consultation proposing that new dental graduates either work in the NHS for a set period after qualifying or be faced with repaying a large proportion of their training costs.
Zivver is a Dutch software company that provides solutions which help healthcare organisations improve the security of their electronic communications. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, but its security tools are now being used all over the world. Rick Goud, the company’s founder, explained to us how they work.
Fidelidade, Portugal’s largest health insurer, is preparing a green bond sale that could raise up to €500 million, in what would be a first issuance of sustainable capital instruments by a European insurer.
In this infographic we explore the top five fertility companies in Europe. The analysis is grounded in 2022 revenue data taken from our own HBI database.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced the launch of a full-scale investigation into the UK’s veterinary sector, following a sizeable response to its initial review in September 2023. The initial review generated 56,000 responses from pet owners and professionals, prompting the authority to launch a market investigation.
Dr. Volker Wendel founded Sanoptis in 2018 in Switzerland with Carsten Horn. Six years later, the group has grown to more than 400 locations across six European countries. The group was initially backed by PE firm Telemos Capital, who then sold it to Belgian holding company Group Bruxelles Lambert (in 2022). Wendel explains to us how the group is able to add value to ophthalmologists who join the network and shares which areas the group will be focusing on in the coming years.
Mid Europa Partners, a central and eastern Europe-focused PE investor, is selling Regina Maria, Romania’s second largest private health care provider by revenue, after almost a decade of ownership. Turkish group Acibadem is rumoured to be likely to bid, although the group would not confirm this to HBI.
The UK this week reported that people on long-term sick leave or classed as economically inactive has risen to 2.8 million, up 300,000 on the previous year. This statistic came fast on the heels of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s latest controversial speech calling for an end to the UK’s ‘sick note culture’ in a call to strip GPs of their power to sign people off work.
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