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Boots: Flat pharmacy sales offset by 24% growth in retail business

WBA posts latest financials two days after announcing it will not sell Boots UK.

30 Jun 2022

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Here's to (Lanes) health

Almost a century on, Lanes Health continues to work to its founder’s values to improve people’s health and quality of life

28 Jun 2022

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NPA study will look at impact of runaway inflation on pharmacies

NPA-commissioned study will look at the combined impact of inflation and fixed funding.

27 Jun 2022

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Independent pharmacy in North London bought by small group

Greenacre Pharmacy in Cockfosters was bought by Mansons Group for an undisclosed fee.

27 Jun 2022

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Action to match ambition required

CCA chief executive Malcolm Harrison says the answer to the health secretary’s ‘four Ps’ of reform is a fifth – pharmacy

27 Jun 2022

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Lessons from the negotiating table

With new deals around the corner elsewhere across Britain, Judy Thomas, director of contractor services at Community Pharmacy Wales, tells Leela Barham what helped in reaching agreement on a future strategy in Wales

23 Jun 2022

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All day, all week, all year

The erosion of dispensing value, notably in England's flat funding agreement, has accelerated the trend to streamline elements of prescription workflow

22 Jun 2022

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Glasgow pharmacy chain secures eight-figure loan to expand

HSBC lends M&D Green Group multi-million sum to buy five pharmacies.

21 Jun 2022

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Pharmacy’s rent will rise by 220 per cent, says director

Gurdev Channa at Britannia Pharmacy says the rent of one branch will rise from £25,038 a year to £80,000.

17 Jun 2022

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NHS landlord triples rent for independent pharmacy

NPA urges landlords to review arrangements as one NHS property demands threefold rent hike.

15 Jun 2022

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Four-thousand-items pharmacy sells off £1m asking price

Central London pharmacy changes hands after 45 years.

13 Jun 2022

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Cambrian Alliance and PSNC link up to support drug purchasing

Cambrian Alliance announces new arrangement with PSNC to improve price concessions system

10 Jun 2022

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Cost of prescriptions dispensed in community rises £83m in England

NHS Business Services Authority reveals £9.69 billion of items were dispensed in 2021-22.

10 Jun 2022

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Anatomy of a speech: David Webb

Reading between the lines of England’s new chief pharmacist's first big speech

10 Jun 2022

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Asda owners may drop Boots bid over price concerns

Boots parent WBA reportedly asked Asda owners to increase their offer for the multiple.

30 May 2022

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Consolidated pharmacy group undergoes rebrand

Three businesses rebrand as Pickfords Pharmacy.

24 May 2022

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