Profits made by Britain’s biggest children’s home provider a ‘scandal’

Campaigners claim profits made by Britain’s biggest children’s home provider a ‘scandal’ By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:00 BST, 18 June 2021 | Updated: 22:00 BST, 18 June 2021 The profits made by Britain’s biggest children’s home provider are a ‘scandal’, claim campaigners.  Caretech increased its profits by 140 per cent to … Read more

Barchester Healthcare: Fury as leading care provider chain puts up fees for elderly residents

Fury as leading care provider chain puts up fees for elderly residents by thousands to pay for increased costs Barchester Healthcare told relatives they will face extra costs to pay for rent Families who have hardly see their loved ones have been asked to pay to visit Comes after pay of chief executive Dr Pete … Read more

Trailfinders has been named as the UK’s best holiday provider 2020 in the Which? Awards

Trailfinders is named the UK’s best overall holiday provider by Which? after ‘a stellar response to customers impacted by the fallout from Covid-19’ Which? chief executive said the awards ‘help people make smarter choices’   Trailfinders came top in Which?’s Package Holiday Provider Rankings in July The full list of Which? Award winners was announced on … Read more

Hospitals provider Health probed for issuing ‘fake’ invoices

NMC Health probed for issuing ‘fake’ invoices: Hospitals provider ‘used sham documents to borrow money’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 10 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 10 August 2020 Scandal-hit NMC Health is being investigated for allegedly using fake invoices for medical supplies to borrow money. The hospitals provider, … Read more

Homeless charity Crisis suffers data breach through software provider Blackbaud

A leading homeless charity has become the latest victim of a major data breach that saw six UK universities and several companies attacked by hackers. Crisis confirmed that the contact details of hundreds of supporters had been taken in a cyber-attack that affected software provider Blackbaud.  The charity added they were ‘confident’ the hackers were … Read more

MIDAS UPDATE: Software provider Ideagen surges fivefold since 2014

MIDAS UPDATE: Software provider Ideagen used by WHO delegates surges fivefold since 2014 By Joanne Hart for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 20 June 2020 The World Health Organisation’s annual meetings are weighty affairs, attended by thousands of people. Personal attendance was not really an option … Read more

Owner of coach holiday provider Shearings collapses

Firm that owns coach holiday provider Shearings collapses with loss of 2,500 jobs, in latest blow to travel industry By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 22:05 BST, 22 May 2020 The firm that owns coach holiday provider Shearings has collapsed with the loss of 2,500 jobs, … Read more

Norwegian government uses GPS data from cell phone provider to model coronavirus spread

Norwegian government uses cellular data tracking users’ movements to model the potential spread of coronavirus and anticipate what parts of the country will need medical supplies Norway is using cellular data to track the movements of people in groups of 20  The movement data is used to predict where COVID-19 flare-ups might occur Cell provider … Read more

Energy provider iSupply hit with £1.5m fine for overcharging customers

Energy provider iSupply hit with £1.5m fine after it overcharging thousands of customers By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 December 2019 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 December 2019 iSupply Energy overcharged around 4,400 of its customers under the new price cap Energy provider iSupply will pay £1.5million after it overcharged thousands … Read more