Corporate vet group's chief operating officer responds following investigations from the Competition and Markets Authority into various practice acquisitions.

VN Happy Hour welcomed three of the biggest names in UK veterinary nursing when the hugely successful live event returned on 23 February 2023.

One of the veterinary sector’s central narratives in the past few years has been the story of big corporate groups swallowing up small independent practices. But as VBJ discovered when we paid a visit to Martin and Manifold Vets in Cirencester last month, the little guys are beginning to bite back…

“We are immensely proud to have made it to our silver award, just two years after our bronze accreditation” – chief executive David Mountford.

Ablation surgery performed on Labrador by surgeons at Davies Veterinary Specialists – one of only four centres in the world able to carry out procedure – following diagnosis of supraventricular tachycardia.

Seven veterinary students from the UK have been awarded places on the MSD Animal Health and FVE scholarship programme.

Former BVA and SPVS president Gudrun Ravetz will take on the newly created role.  

The 26 members of staff at Archway Veterinary Centre in Wales now own the business following its transition to an Employee Ownership Trust.

The key ingredients needed for a successful veterinary practice don’t change a great deal – wherever you happen to be in the world. Strong leadership, a motivated team and top-class client care are universal requirements, as VBJ discovered when we caught up with Catherine Harper of Barossa Veterinary Service...

The DWA, originally established by Dick White Referrals, is now operating under the auspices of the Dick White Charitable Foundation.

Veterinary professionals invited to have their say in the UK’s largest annual assessment of pet well-being.

The two-day event will be held online from 23 to 24 February and organisers are promising a stellar line-up of speakers, as well as interactive sessions and networking opportunities. 

“Whether dealing with climate change or a global pandemic, we need to stop electing politicians who ignore science” – RCVS council member and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate, Danny Chambers.

Size mattered when it came to finding a new home for the fastest-growing practice in the Vets4Pets group. So, when the time arrived to move the flagship Northampton hospital after more than a decade of rapid expansion, it was a case of “the bigger, the better”, as VBJ discovered…

Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund raises alarm for nation’s third most popular pet, as rescue centres and charities report surge in abandoned and mistreated animals.

Trainetics is planning to launch its human factors course in January with delegates getting the chance to use a flight simulator used to train commercial airline pilots as part of the course.

Katia Marioni-Henry is heading up the new neurology and neurosurgery service, which started dealing with cases last month at the Vets Now Hospital in Glasgow.

Veterinary pharmaceutical firm’s charity token initiative at the London Vet Show raises more than £3,000 for Vetlife, StreetVet and Nature’s Safe.

Vets are being urged to apply for one of three £4,000 bursaries on offer from MSD Animal Health before the deadline closes on 30 November.

Mixed animal vet Hannah Hunt collects the prestigious award for her work in mixed animal practice.

The study – set up by Paragon Veterinary Referrals’ head of cardiology Chris Linney and colleagues – reviewed treatment of patent ductus arteriosus, which may cause up to 50% of dogs to die in their first year of life if left unchecked.  

The one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Veterinary Primary and Accessible Care and Education internship is a full-time programme, and is the first of its kind in the UK.

It was less than a year after graduation that Emily Westwood realised working for someone else as an ambulatory equine vet wasn’t going to be for her. But instead of abandoning her hard-won veterinary career before it had really begun, Emily instead decided to set up her own practice – and Pocket Nook Equine Vets was born…

Vet students presented case studies to delegates as Vets Now ECC Congress returned to its live format, with 1,000 people attending the two-day event in Leeds from 3 to 4 November.

North Star Vets has opened two new practices in the north-west following an investment of £1 million.