Global Care Ltd Slough said that compounding issues including Brexit, Covid, and staff shortages had made it hard to keep up with operational management, leading to its 'inadequate' rating.

“Before Brexit and everything we were getting staff no problem.”

Notrees Care Home in Kintbury could be closed, and all its residents moved elsewhere.

Thermal Management Solutions will shift production from Reading to the Continent a year after being recapitalised by new investors, Sky News learns.