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Northern Horizon continues to attract institutional capital to Nordic care real estate

Nordic healthcare real estate investor Northern Horizon (NH) has made €130 million worth of acquisitions across the three markets it invests in: Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Most of these are forward purchases of new builds being acquired from developers. Jannika Kankare, Northern Horizon’s Investment Director in Finland, tells us more such deals will be signed in the coming months.

HBI 2026: Relieving the pressure; Investment, innovation and value creation in elderly and social care

Europe’s elderly care sector is in recovery mode after a difficult few years. Investment into the sector surged in 2025, particularly on the real estate investment side in the UK market. Looking ahead, panellists speaking at the ‘Relieving the Pressure: Investment, innovation and value creation in elderly and social care’ session at HBI’s 2026 conference seemed to paint a bright-looking future, given the increase in demand as baby boomers age combined with promising innovations in technology and care delivery models.

Audley and Elysian merge creating the UK’s largest retirement living group

UK retirement living groups Audley and Elysian are merging, creating the UK’s largest retirement living provider with a market share of around 20%. We spoke to Nick Sanderson, Audley’s Chief Executive, about the reasons for the merger, and the challenges and opportunities in the UK’s retirement village sector.

As UK gov plans to end overseas recruitment for social care, what does this mean for investors and providers?

The government has announced plans to reduce immigration in the UK and focus the system towards “those who contribute most to economic growth” with “higher skills standards” as well as training within the UK. As part of a white paper, the plan to lower “record-high levels of net migration” and end the “reliance on international recruitment” will include the end of overseas recruitment for social care visas, in a further hurdle to overcome for the sector. 

Ambea acquires Finnish care group Validia

Scandinavian care provider Ambea has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Finnish care provider Validia Oy from Invalidiliitto, the Finnish Association of People with Physical Disabilities.

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