2019 forecast: Kenneth Mackenzie (Target Fund Managers)

A focus on the customer and a philosophy of service are core to building a robust economy whatever the political party in power.

The UK care home sector continues to experience ever greater demand from an increasingly elderly demographic. We would like to see an increasing emphasis on truly fit-for-purpose care homes that have en-suite wet room bedrooms, where the resident receives the personal care central to holistic care, in their own bedroom, rather than in common facilities down some corridor – or in what the sector often calls ‘en-suite’ but in reality is simply a wash hand basin and WC. Funding for all this will continue to be complex.

Resolution: To continue in our mission of providing best-in-class establishments to improve the lives of the elderly population.

Kenneth Mackenzie, chief executive, Target Fund Managers