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![]() Bluebird Care Petersfield | |
Named after | Bluebird record-breaking vehicles |
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Formation | 2004 |
Founder |
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Headquarters | Petersfield, Hampshire |
Coordinates | 51°00′21″N0°56′25″W / 51.0058°N 0.9403°W |
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Services | Home care |
Key people | Yvonne Hignell |
Parent organization | Interim Healthcare |
Website | www |
Bluebird Care is a franchise and brand providing home care services to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. The company has just over 200 franchises covering areas in the United Kingdom and a further 26 in the Republic of Ireland.
The company was founded in 2004 by Paul and Lisa Tarsey initially as a local health care provider in Petersfield, but always with the intention of expanding via franchising. [1] The state of the market allowed rapid expansion up to around 2010 with at times a new franchise being established every 14 days. [1] The name "Bluebird" derived from the Tansey family connection to the Campbell family and their Bluebird record-breaking vehicles. [2]
In 2013 it was bought out by Florida-based Interim Healthcare, an enterprise that operated over seven countries and claimed "combined network sales of $850m" by 2015. [3]
In June 2020 it acquired the Irish master franchise business from Clemac Home Care Services. [4]
As of 2019 [update] managing director Yvonne Hignell says the company has just over 200 active franchises (in the United Kingdom) and a further 26 in the Republic of Ireland. [1]
In March 2022 care assistants employed by the offices in Exeter, Exmouth, East Devon, and North & West Devon were given a 17% pay rise because of their “heroic efforts” throughout the pandemic and in hopes to attract more care assistants into the industry. [5]
The Winchester, Eastleigh & Romsey branch got a second five-star Outstanding rating from the Care Quality Commission in May 2022- one of only three care providers in the country to do so. [6]
Carolyn and Keith Dailey started with Bluebird Care Newmarket & Fenland and have since acquired further franchises in Cambridge and Bedford. [7]
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