Outsourcing company Mitie has spent £110.8 million to buy home care provider Enara, the fourth-largest home care businesses in the UK.

Enara, which is based in Surrey, employs 6,000 workers who are involved in giving care to the elderly.

The move comes as Mitie seek to expand in the growing healthcare market. Mitie said the acquisition would provide a “scalable platform to compete in the growing outsourced health and social care sector".