The Business Centre

The Business Centre is a home care agency based in Redditch, in the Worcestershire council area, registered with the Care Quality Commission to provide personal care to people in their own homes. It most likely works within about 6 miles of its Redditch office, which is our estimate rather than something the agency has told us. It is registered to care for older people, people living with dementia, younger adults, people with a physical disability and people with a learning disability or autism. It is run by Gaps Healthcare & Training Services. The agency has been registered since March 2017.

The Business Centre has not yet received a CQC rating. This is normal for a newly registered agency; the CQC usually inspects within its first year or so.

The Business Centre has not published its rates and we are still collecting figures for Worcestershire. Across England agencies usually charge £26 to £36 an hour for visits and £1,200 to £1,750 a week for live-in care. Ask for a written price list that shows the weekend and bank holiday rates and the shortest visit they will do.

There are 111 registered home care agencies in Worcestershire. Others working the same area include Step Up Training and Care Ltd, Stoke Heath Homecare Ltd and All For You Home Care Limited. A self-employed carer found through PrimeCarers charges £18 to £25 an hour, and live-in care from about £1,120 a week.