Pharmacy business

Well to pay pharmacy staff more than the national living wage

All pharmacy staff and drivers working at Well, the UK’s third largest pharmacy chain, will be paid at a rate above the national living wage (NLW), the company has announced. Around 4,500 staff working across the company’s store and driver teams will see their pay increase, some by…

Employee or entrepreneur: what type of pharmacist are you?

Many community pharmacists will go on to be owners and managers of their own pharmacies. But what qualities should a pharmacist have to be a successful entrepreneur?…

Making the case for community pharmacy

Two months on from the announcement that the community pharmacy contractual framework will be cut by 6% in 2016, Sandra Gidley, chair of the RPS English Pharmacy Board, talks to Julia Robinson about her thoughts on the proposed changes and what the RPS is doing to support its members through them.…

Build or buy: what’s the best route to your own pharmacy?

Many employee community pharmacists dream of owning their own pharmacy — so what’s the best way of making this happen? Steve Hemsley weighs up the pros and cons.…

Bestway sees Well pharmacies hit revenues of £583m

Bestway, the new owner of the Co-operative Pharmacy, released its financial results for 2015 showing turnover for its new division “slightly exceeded expectations”.…

Lloydspharmacy to face competition probe over Sainsbury’s deal unless concerns addressed

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has announced that it will investigate Lloydspharmacy’s proposed acquisition of Sainsbury’s pharmacy business unless the two companies address the CMA’s competition concerns by 18 December 2015.…

Boots’s pharmacists receive second salary rise as part of market-based award

Pharmacists who work at Boots will have a maximum salary increase of 1.5% under the company’s new pay review system.…

How we refurbished a famous London pharmacy

John Bell & Croyden pharmacy, which first opened over 200 years ago and holds the Royal warrant, has just had a £4m makeover.…

Walgreens merges with US retail pharmacy chain Rite Aid

The US pharmacy chain Rite Aid is merging with Walgreens Boots Alliance in a US$17.2bn dollar deal.…

McKesson announces more takeover plans

The US pharmaceutical giant behind the proposed acquisition of 281 Sainsbury’s pharmacies has announced more takeover plans for the UK and the Irish Republic.…