August 2016

Medivet chief shortlisted for entrepreneur award

The chief executive of the UK's largest privately owned vet group could be poised to win a top business award.

3 mins

July 2016

Winners celebrated at International Cat Care Awards

Manufacturers that strive to improve the lives of felines through innovation have been recognised by International Cat Care (ICC).

8 mins
New partners for independent vet group

Willows Veterinary Group has promoted vets Steve Calveley, Katie Green and Jonny Duncan to partner status.

2 mins
Black Country vets star on the small screen

Blacks Vets has found fame again with an appearance on prime time Channel 4 show The Job Interview.

4 mins
Vet practice switches to Plan Bee

There is a buzz down at Oak Barn Vets in Surrey since the practice adopted 60,000 bees.

4 mins
Supplement company enjoys royal visit

The founding directors of a burgeoning pet supplement company attended Buckingham Palace after gaining an award.

3 mins
Improve appoints skills manager for OV training

Improve International has appointed a practical skills manager as part of its responsibility for training and revalidating official veterinarians.

3 mins
NOAH website gets fresh look

The new NOAH compendium website has been optimised for ease of viewing on mobile phones and tablets as well as traditional desktops.

3 mins
Insurance company expands preferred vet network

Britain's second largest pet insurer has almost doubled the number of veterinary partners to sign up to its preferred referral network.

5 mins
Vets turn pub into practice

Vets Claire Goodear and Rebecka Bold have turned an old public house in Matlock into their new veterinary practice.

3 mins
Vet takes to airwaves to spread pet care message

A vet from Greater Manchester is getting behind the microphone for a regular slot on Oldham Community Radio to give advice on general topics such as dental care and preventive flea and worming treatments.

4 mins
Fitzpatrick Referrals trialling hyperbaric oxygen therapy

The UK's first hyperbaric veterinary medicine chamber has been acquired by Fitzpatrick Referrals Orthopaedics and Neurology.

3 mins
Brexit ‘good for employers, bad for employees’

Brexit is a potential “godsend” to veterinary employers, but a bad time to be an employee, according to the only veterinary-specific HR and employment law service in the UK.

4 mins
Urinary stones service to help provide appropriate diets

Royal Canin has launched a urinary stones analysis service to help UK veterinary practices offer a more tailored nutritional approach for urinary patients.

3 mins
Zoetis joins UK’s innovation centre for livestock

Zoetis has joined forces with the centre of Innovation Excellence in Livestock in an effort to "meet farmers' and veterinarians' evolving needs".

3 mins
Dublin-based veterinary business day announced

Business management consultancy Vet Dynamics is hosting a one-day veterinary business accelerator event in Dublin.

2 mins

June 2016

Vets Now sponsors Welsh basketball stars

Vets Now is sponsoring the Welsh basketball team at the FIBA Women’s European Championships of small countries.

4 mins
Veterinary recruitment firm strengthens team

Former RXWorks manager Mark Colton has joined Recruit4vets in the newly created role of head of business development.

3 mins
Sanofi and Boehringer agree multibillion Euro swap deal

Boehringer Ingelheim has signed a deal with Sanofi that could see it become one of the biggest players in the global animal health market.

5 mins
CPD webinar provider wins regional business award

Veterinary-owned CPD webinar provider The Webinar Vet has been named Echo Knowledge Business of the Year at the Liverpool Echo Regional Business Awards.

3 mins