Gender pay gap at LloydsPharmacy sees year-on-year increase LloydsPharmacy’s male employees continue to earn more than their female colleagues as the company’s gender pay gap saw a 2.5% increase in 2018 compared to 2017.…
Boots’s parent company to consider ‘consolidation’ of low-performing stores in the UK The parent company of Boots has said it will consider “consolidation” of low-performing stores in the UK following a “disappointing” financial year.…
Large multiples: feeling the financial squeeze How the UK’s four largest community pharmacy chains are coping with the current financial climate and the strategies they are employing to tackle the challenges it brings.…
Community pharmacy: experiencing severe turbulence The warning lights are flashing, but 2019 could mark a turning point.…
Measuring the market There has been a slight contraction in the community pharmacy market in Great Britain since 2016, with small multiples winning out over large multiples and independent pharmacies…
Kenny Black: ‘We want a smaller, easier-to-manage business’ As Rowlands Pharmacy puts 70 pharmacies up for sale, its managing director Kenny Black speaks about how the business will change and the threats from online pharmacies and Brexit.…
PDA Union wins vote to represent Boots pharmacists More than 90% of eligible Boots pharmacists who voted in a ballot have said they want the Pharmacists’ Defence Association Union to represent them.…
PSNC analysis finds 233 pharmacies have closed in two years Some 233 community pharmacies have closed in England since the government funding cuts were introduced in October 2016, according to figures seen exclusively by The Pharmaceutical Journal.…
Rowlands Pharmacy plans to reduce pharmacy network in order to ‘invest in the future’ Rowlands Pharmacy has announced plans to sell 70 of its pharmacies — 69 in England and one in Wales — in order to focus its investment on automation.…
Boots UK proposes new committee as alternative to PDA Union Boots UK has pledged to launch a Joint Negotiation Committee to offer pharmacists “a louder voice” in their business and on the future of pharmacy.…
