Virgin enters healthcare market with Assura deal

VIRGIN has entered the healthcare market with its £4m acquisition of a majority stake in Assura’s GP business.

The conglomerate has bought the 75.1% majority stake in Assura Medical through the newly created Virgin Healthcare Holdings.

Warrington-based Assura will retain the minority shareholding and appoint chief executive Richard Burrell to the board of Virgin Healthcare.

The healthcare and property company announced its intention to split the business - where Assura partners with groups of GPs to form j... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...

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