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Finnish region to launch €1bn healthcare tender

One of Finland's regions has taken a stand against continued SOTE delays by opting to outsource its health and social services through a joint venture worth up to €1bn with a single operator. It's the first substantial tender since new outsourcing tenders were banned in 2016 - could other regions follow?

Interview: Reef Group

A specialist developer is planning to turn an underground carpark under a central London park near Harley Street into a four-storey subterranean healthcare and wellness development. Provisional talks with private hospital and diagnostic operators have been held, while wellness and leisure operators could be housed under the same roof. HBI talks exclusively to the team at Reef Group and its partners about the plan to transform historic Cavendish Square.

KKR takes majority stake in Dentix

KKR has bought a majority stake in Spain's biggest dental chain Dentix, eight months after founder Angel Lorenzo Muriel mandated Rothschild to explore a minority sale.

Bridgepoint buys into Norwegian dentistry

Buyout specialist Bridgepoint Development Capital is to acquire a majority shareholding in Oris Dental, a Norwegian group with 25 dental clinics and 4 dental laboratories.

UK M&A sees record high despite weak pound

Consumer healthcare M&A in the UK has seen a five year high this year clocking up 26 transactions in total according to a new report. Activity has been focused in dentistry, cosmetics, dermatology and fertility.

First bids for dental chain expected before Christmas

A fast-growing UK dental chain has started a sales process with first bids expected before Christmas, multiple sources tell HBI. A source with knowledge of the sale says the group is looking for minority investment for growth, but there is speculation that for the right price, a majority stake could be on the table too.

Dentistry: At a tipping point for PE consolidators

Retail healthcare investors who have seen the European veterinary space undergo an eight-year period of rapid practice consolidation by private-equity backed groups are beginning to look at dentistry. Will yesterday's investors in vets tomorrow invest in dentists? HBI chats to Mansfield Advisors to find out more about how dentistry could be at a price tipping point that will favour big consolidators.

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