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LloydsPharmacy liquidation: £8m left over to pay debts of £293m

Scores of creditors named in liquidation proceedings as the multiple winds down completely.

29 Jan 2024

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Rowlands MD: Chains with support centres ‘can’t make pharmacy profitable’

Exclusive: Rowlands restructures support centre amid business model concerns

17 Jan 2024

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Best job in the world: Nigel Swift, Rowlands MD

Nigel Swift loves his job – but worries that pharmacy is in a dark place

17 Jan 2024

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Superdrug reports 9.2 sales increase during strong Christmas period

Superdrug reports 20 per cent categpry growth across cosmetic products

15 Jan 2024

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‘Distressed sales’ of struggling pharmacies to continue in 2024

Business challenges will force more contractors to sell up, a predicts leading broker

11 Jan 2024

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Pharmacist sells pharmacy in Worcester after 30 years

D L Ogle Pharmacy in Worcester dispenses an average of 12,000 items a month according to Christie & Co who brokered the deal.

08 Jan 2024

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Pharmacist expands reach after buying pharmacy in Wigan

Stuart Ellis, who runs Millenium Pharmacy in St.Helens, completed the purchase of J England Pharmacy in Wigan.

03 Jan 2024

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Pharmacy looks ahead to 2024

Sasa Jankovic asks pharmacists how their 2023 went and what their hopes are for the coming year

23 Dec 2023

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Demand for GP appointments could rocket if pharmacy closures continue

Widespread pharmacy closures could increase demand for GP appointments by 69 million or more a year, suggest figures from a survey conducted by the National Pharmacy Association in October.

12 Dec 2023

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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

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CMA investigates LloydsDirect acquisition by Pharmacy2U

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

01 Dec 2023

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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

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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

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

Widespread changes of ownership threaten continuity of care, MPs told

23 Nov 2023

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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

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Family-owned Whitworth Chemists to sell all 34 pharmacies

Family shareholders to sell up entire business following a strategic review

10 Nov 2023

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