This site is intended for Healthcare Professionals only

Business environment

Build a positive workplace.

20mph-sign-1280x720

Pharmacies in Wales feel impact of 20mph speed limit

New urban speed limit causes delays to wholesaler deliveries and disrupts services to housebound clients.

05 Dec 2023 , 1 Min Article

investigation-summary

CMA investigates LloydsDirect acquisition by Pharmacy2U

The regulator has served an initial enforcement order amid competition concerns.

01 Dec 2023 , 2 Min Article

hsbc-1280

Jhoots buys 36 LloydsPharmacy branches with £17m HSBC funding

The acquisitions take the number of pharmacies owned by Jhoots’ in the UK to 99.

27 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

jay-badenhorst-select-committee-summary

High turnover of pharmacies will disrupt patient care, superintendent warns MPs

Widespread changes of ownership threaten continuity of care, MPs told

23 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

lloydspharmacy-1280

BREAKING: LloydsPharmacy disappears from UK high street

Hallo Healthcare Group has sold its 1,054 high street pharmacies, with over 6,500 employees joining new owners.

23 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

yew-tree-pharmacy-1280

Father and son make Yew Tree in Walsall their first pharmacy purchase

Ian and Jas Riaar bought Yew Tree Pharmacy in Walsall for an undisclosed fee.

17 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

mceu-39518639011699618217462

Family-owned Whitworth Chemists to sell all 34 pharmacies

Family shareholders to sell up entire business following a strategic review

10 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

lloydspharmacy-summary

LloydsPharmacy down to fewer than 50 branches

Fifty years after Allen Lloyd started the business, it is now down to a few dozen stores

08 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

macbon-chemist-1280

Pharmacy in Glasgow sold for first time in over 35 years

Christie & Co said Macbon Chemist generated interest even though the market had been “flooded with opportunities” by LloydsPharmacy branches.

07 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

pound-coin-close-up-summary

Rowlands sees financial losses increase sixfold to £219m

Rowlands posts losses of almost £220m as it targets cost savings

06 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

jeremy-meader-summary

Ex-Phoenix director takes the reins at Bestway wholesale division

Jeremy Meader to head up Bestway Healthcare's wholesale arm

02 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

pharmacy-cross-summary

Hampshire couple buy their second ex-Lloyds branch

Husband and wife pharmacist pair snap up Fareham pharmacy

02 Nov 2023 , 1 Min Article

beautychem-pharmacy-tottenham-1280

University friends buy pharmacy in North London

Huseyin Akpinar and Nabeel Patel acquired Beautychem Pharmacy in Tottenham for an undisclosed price.

24 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

boots-branch-summary

Boots pharmacists to receive 5% pay increase from November 1

One-off £750 payment for eligible pharmacists and managers in addition to pay uplift

09 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

pounds-sterling-summary

Rising business costs see Day Lewis’s profits fall by a quarter

Rise in turnover offset by 17 per cent jump in administrative spending in 2022-23

05 Oct 2023 , 1 Min Article

owatemi-summary

‘Middlemen’ drug distributors ‘driving up prices’ says Labour MP

Pharmacy APPG chair warns there are "massive" issues with medicines supply

15 Sep 2023 , 1 Min Article

Change privacy settings