Lendlease China appoints former IKEA China MD with ‘retirement’ his first project
Former Managing Director (MD) of IKEA China, Hui Ding, has been hired as the new MD of Lendlease in China.…
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European private equity firm pulls out of $1.46 billion takeover of NZ village operator Metlifecare blaming COVID-19
As we covered here in January, Metlifecare – which has 25 villages – had signed a Scheme Implementation Agreement with private equity…
Real lessons from the UK frontline
An operator’s advice one week out from the COVID-19 peak Last Tuesday, 7 April, Ansell Strategic organised a 60-minute Zoom…
NZ’s second-largest village operator Summerset cuts building forecast by 25%
Summerset Group has closed its 12 construction sites during the country’s strict Stage 4 four-week lockdown and says it expects…
UK aged care sector buckling under COVID-19 pressures
Aged care workers in the UK attempting to bulk-buy groceries from supermarkets like Tesco are facing restrictions, despite relying on…
The Villages app – to find your way around
On a lighter note, the largest village in the world ‘The Villages’ in Florida with 110,000 residents, has just launched an app…
NZ: Ryman gives care staff $2 an hour pay boost
Staff at the NZX-listed provider’s New Zealand retirement villages have been told in an email that they will get a…
NZ’s Ryman names its third $160M Victorian village after Australia’s iconic John Flynn
The Royal Flying Doctor founder’s name has been fixed to the NZ village operator’s third village in Burwood East, 17km…
NZ: Summerset posts security guards at gates to restrict access to villages during coronavirus pandemic – while Ryman introduces thermometer checks
The NZX-listed provider – which has 28 villages throughout New Zealand and has purchased two sites in Victoria for villages – had introduced a…
Another aged care home goes into lockdown after worker tests positive – are blanket bans on visitors needed?
More troubling news. Another aged care home in Adelaide announced it had been placed in immediate and total lockdown after…