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Bain and CVC ‘buying Boots’

Buyout firms Bain Capital and CVC are reportedly joining forces to put in a multibillion pound bid for UK pharmacy, health and beauty retailer Boots, which also has a presence in Thailand, Norway, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Malta and Indonesia.

HBI’s most searched sectors and terms of 2021

What were you searching for in 2021? According to our word cloud, collated from the 500 most searched for terms on our website last year, it was largely - though not exclusively - the sectors most affected by Covid.

Mediclinic Middle East acquires homecare group

Mediclinic Middle East is acquiring Ayadi Home Healthcare (Ayadi), which provides home healthcare services to patients in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain. The acquisition is a further step towards becoming an integrated healthcare provider.

IDH enters South Asian market

Integrated Diagnostics Holdings is acquiring a 50% stake in one of Pakistan’s largest diagnostics providers, entering the country for the first time.

Cerba acquisition points to global expansion

EQT-backed pan-European lab group Cerba HealthCare has contracted to acquire global virology and immunology contract research organisation Viroclinics-DDL from US-based PE Summit Partners, expanding its offering in clinical trials.

Interview: Nick Delaney, CEO, HCML 

Who better to explain the vagaries of the UK rehabilitation sector than Nick Delaney, the new CEO of HCML, bought by Apposite Capital in 2020? In a decade at the helm, he grew Ascenti, the largest UK player in the sector, from €8m to €45m with a 700% increase in EBITDA and he has subsequently worked or advised many of the other players in the £500m insurer paid-for sector.

What is behind Korian property deals?

Care group giant Korian has signed a second property deal with another big institutional investor, in this case, BAE Systems Pension Funds. This partnership leaves Korian in control of its property whilst giving the investor protection from the volatility of the stock market and guarantees on minimum returns.

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