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Falck pays for breaching competition rules and could still face prosecution

Danish ambulance provider Falck has reached a settlement to pay compensation for breaching competition rules at home. Although this has curtailed any civil proceedings, it may still be facing criminal proceedings and a fine. Looking increasingly abroad for profit in its core business, the company is buying back a 100% share in Slovakian emergency medical services firm Falck Záchranná.

€3bn Barchester deal collapses

Macquarie has pulled out of the process to buy UK nursing home group Barchester due to volatile exchange rates triggered by Brexit, independent sources confirm. We look at the bid price and analyse why and when it failed. What will be the impact on the slew of other deals expected in the sector?

Primonial buys in Italy

French real-estate investor Primonial REIM continues to make inroads into the European senior living market, with a sale and leaseback deal to acquire a portfolio of senior residences in Italy.

Confirmed: Bergman buys Memira

As HBI exclusively predicted last week, Bergman Healthcare Clinics has announced it intends to acquire Swedish, Norwegian and Danish refractive eye care clinic chain Memira.

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