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New Numark managing director comes from parent company

Jeremy Meader, currently sales director at wholesale pharmacist Phoenix is set to take up the role of managing director at Numark next year, replacing John D’Arcy.…

Managing director of Celesio UK resigns with immediate effect

The managing director of Celesio UK, the parent company of LloydsPharmacy, has resigned with immediate effect, it has been announced.…

Almost 200 Lloyds pharmacies to be closed or sold off

Celesio UK has announced that 190 of its LloydsPharmacy stores in England will close or be sold off because they are no longer considered “commercially viable”.…

What I do as pharmacy services lead for an independent pharmacy business

Nick Thayer has always been vocal about the value and importance of local pharmacy services. Here, he describes how he is leading their development to ensure that community pharmacy remains a priority.…

National Pharmacy Association to leave Pharmacy Voice after 2017

The National Pharmacy Association (NPA), an industry body that represents independent pharmacies, will not continue to be part of the umbrella trade body Pharmacy Voice “beyond 2017”.…

Potential pharmacy closure might benefit another pharmacist

Graham Phillips’s excellent and passionate letter about the future of his Southdown, Harpenden, Hertfordshire pharmacy ( The Pharmaceutical Journal 2016;297:294) illustrates the quandary proprietor pharmacists have. Before I retired, I had a small chain of pharmacies that wer…

Kirit Patel (1949-2016)

A self-made man who started out wanting to own a shop to support his family, Kirit Patel’s lifetime achievements are inspirational.…

Kirit Patel, ‘giant of independent community pharmacy’, dies aged 66 years

Kirit Patel, co-founder and chief executive of the Day Lewis Group of high street pharmacies, has died suddenly on 16 July 2016 at the age of 66 years.…

UK pharmacist elected next president of Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union

A community pharmacist who owns a chain of high street pharmacies in the North West of England has been elected the next president of the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union.…

Professional and business development top reasons for pharmacy research involvement, says RPS report

An evalution of the RPS Research Ready programme has revealed that professional and business development are the top reasons for community pharmacies wanting to become research ready. …