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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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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

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Rowlands sees financial losses increase sixfold to £219m

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

06 Nov 2023

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Ex-Phoenix director takes the reins at Bestway wholesale division

Jeremy Meader to head up Bestway Healthcare's wholesale arm

02 Nov 2023

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Hampshire couple buy their second ex-Lloyds branch

Husband and wife pharmacist pair snap up Fareham pharmacy

02 Nov 2023

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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

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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

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

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

15 Sep 2023

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Well buys up 11 ex-Lloyds branches in Scotland

All staff to be kept on as Well buys up branches from the ailing multiple

03 Aug 2023

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Boots announces first seven store closures with 290 more to come

Woking and Wakefield among affected areas as closures loom

20 Jul 2023

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South East London pharmacy sold after 20 years

A F Browne Pharmacy in Sidcup sold for an undisclosed price

10 Jul 2023

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Well Pharmacy seeks to pacify watchdog by axing seven stores

CMA has 'reasonable grounds' to believe Bestway's divestment offer will be acceptable.

23 Jun 2023

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Lanes Health appoints fourth generation of family to lead business

Family-owned OTC company eyes strategic expansion opportunities as new exec takes the helm

15 Jun 2023

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Boots chief financial officer quits after five years

CFO resigned as a director of the multiple on May 22, public records show

06 Jun 2023

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Your local pharmacy or McDonalds: who does it faster?

Pharmacies in England dispense prescriptions faster than the time it takes to serve up a Quarter Pounder at McDonalds, according to Numark online delivery partner Gophr.

30 May 2023

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Superdrug to expand 'retail footprint' with 25 new stores

Company confirms some of the new stores will contain a pharmacy

18 Apr 2023

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