Derbyshire care home company to create fifty jobs

A Derbyshire care home business has added to its portfolio after receiving a £1.2 million funding boost from Yorkshire Bank – creating 50 jobs in the process.

Clowne-based Lime Tree Care has used the funding to redevelop office accommodation in Chesterfield into an 18-bed residential care home. The facility, named Cherry Tree House, is designed to cater for adults suffering from mental health challenges and brain injuries.

The new facility will enable the company to support a larger number of service users in Derbyshire, Nottingham and Yorkshire, and the expansion will see the firm create around 50 new jobs in caring, nursing, catering, domestic and office roles.

Rob Lee, director at Lime Tree Care, said: “With our primary home operating strongly at full capacity, we had begun to seek out new ways to grow, and the Ground Works Creswell site offered us an exciting opportunity.

“The location borders three counties – an ideal position to help us establish contracts with NHS units in Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire, as well as Derbyshire, enabling us to help more people than ever before.

“Yorkshire Bank’s team was a strong partner throughout the process. They shared the same vision as us, and above all we appreciated their common-sense and straight-forward approach to the transaction. We’re excited to work with them as we set our sights on more growth.”