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Dentalpro acquires Vitaldent Italia and plans further expansion

BC-Partners backed for-profit Italian dentistry group DentalPro has signed an agreement to acquire Vitaldent Italia from JB Capital. The agreement will see DentalPro take control of Vitaldent’s 80 dental practices and integrate them into DentalPro’s network and brand.

Still no buyer for IDH/mydentist

HBI understands that, despite a pushed-back deadline for final bids having passed last month, there is still no buyer for UK-based dental specialist IDH. What is happening with the process as it approaches its fifth month? HBI speaks to an adviser source to find out more.

NMC CEO: Any sale will be a competitive, traditional process

Will the creditors of NMC Healthcare, the GCC's largest for-profit healthcare operator which has been in administration since April 2020, choose a sale of its core UAE business in the next 3-6 months or a longer-term, creditor-led restructuring? We talk exclusively to NMC CEO Michael Davis and UAE sources. A 'fire sale' of parts of its core UAE business now seems entirely off the table.

Ameos “prepares for sale or refinancing”

Multiple sources tell HBI that DACH psychiatry and acute hospital group Ameos is preparing for sale or refinancing. The group vehemently denies it is preparing for sale.

Colosseum Dental enters France

Pan-European Colosseum Dental Group (CDG) is taking a majority stake in a French dental care provider, entering France for the first time.

Spanish imaging consolidation resumes while French national player grows

Pan-European imaging operator Affidea and Andalusia-based group HT Medica have resumed their consolidation of Spain's imaging market with single-centre deals in January. Meanwhile, France's third-largest consolidator has grown to 300 radiologists with private equity backing.

Orpea to build universities across world after academy acquisition

Pan-European nursing home group Orpea has acquired a training academy in Austria, HBI can reveal. It signals a new wave for the group, which tells HBI that it wants to be known in five to ten years as a school, alongside its care and property arms. It will use the licence to build a university campus, doubling the number of people trained locally, and then duplicate this model across all its markets.

Canadian investment into Bourn Hall

UK-based fertility clinic specialist Bourn Hall has secured "significant investment" from Triangle Capital Corporation, a Canadian-based investment firm, in partnership with Toronto-based Bulldog Capital Partners.

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