According to Mandadeals.co.uk, CVS has agreed to buy Veterinary Enterprise and Trading, including it's 27 surgeries in the South East of England which operate under the Pet Doctors brand and Greendale, its diagnostic and laboratory business, for £12.2M…

CVS has launched a buying group open to independently-owned practices to benefit from the knowledge, experience and strength of the 250 practices which form CVS. 

The new buying group is called MiVetClub. It offers a range of services, including:

• discounts…

CVS has announced the acquisition of four further veterinary practices bringing the total number of practices it owns across the UK to 92 operating from 253 sites.

The latest practices to join CVS are: Crescent Veterinary Clinic Ltd, Melton Mowbray; Miller…

CVS has announced its acquisition of the West End Veterinary Partnership, an Edinburgh-based veterinary practice, bringing the number of practice groups owned by the company to 100, operating out of 267 sites across the UK.

West End Vets employs around…

CVS has announced its acquisition of the Dovecote Veterinary Hospital, a general and referral practice based in Castle Donington near Derby.

The Dovecote offers a range of referral services including digital X-ray, MRI and CT scanning capability. Its…

CVS has announced the acquisition of its first two practices in The Netherlands. 

The company says it is a further step forward in its plans to expand into Europe and follows the launch of its online pharmacy business, Animed Direct, into France during…

CVS has announced the acquisition of Bell Equine Veterinary Clinic in Mereworth, Kent. 

Bell Equine is one of the leading equine hospitals and was the first practice worldwide to install a standing MRI unit for horses.

CVS says the acquisition reflects…

CVS has announced its acquisition of the Severn Edge Veterinary Group, a large mixed veterinary practice with 12 sites covering a wide area of central and south Shropshire.

Severn Edge was formed six years ago with the merger of two long-standing neighbouring…

CVS has announced that its Healthy Pet Club loyalty scheme, already the largest of its type in the UK, has reached the 300,000-member milestone.  

Mrs Angie Scullion (pictured right) from Okehampton joined the Healthy Pet Club in May 2017 at Okeford Veterinary…

CVS has announced the acquisition of B&W Equine Vets, the largest specialist equine veterinary group in the south west of the UK.

B&W operates an integrated practice based around a multi-disciplinary referral hospital in Breadstone, Gloucestershire…

CVS has announced the appointment of Tara Ryan as its first permanent Chief Veterinary Nursing Officer (CVNO).

Reporting into Chief Veterinary Officer Paul Higgs, Tara will focus on the development of the role of veterinary nurses in CVS.

The role of CVNO…

Veterinary group CVS has published a trading update for the year 2023 in which it reports organic revenue growth of 7.3% and its entry into the Australian marketplace.

The company says the like-for-like sales increase was at the upper end of its target of…

CVS reports that after running a clinical improvement project to improve the diagnosis of periodontal disease in cat and dogs, its participating first opinion practices have tripled the number of patients receiving dental x-rays.

The company points to…

CVS has launched a new career pathway for its vet nurses, with the aim of showing the opportunity for a lifelong career with the group, and where it could lead across its first opinion, referral and equine practices.

The new pathway shows the opportunity…

CVS, which is currently expanding in Australia, has launched a secondment programme through which its vet nurses can apply for an opportunity to work down under for up to two years.

A similar scheme will also be run for Australian colleagues wanting to spend…

CVS is launching an app which will allow veterinary locums to see available shifts at its practices, negotiate rates, book shifts, message practices and submit invoices for payment.

The new app has been specifically developed for CVS, is unique to the…

CVS has established the UK’s first Equine Nursing Committee to help develop clinical governance and to support decision-making on issues that affect its 22 equine sites.

The Equine Nursing Committee is comprised of members of CVS Equine Nursing practice…

CVS has launched a new ‘receptionist career pathway’ for the 1,100 frontline receptionists at its companion animal and referral practices.

The pathway allows receptionists to progress through five stages of seniority, from receptionist to head…

CVS has launched an ‘Equipment Optimisation’ project to maximise the use of the diagnostic equipment it has invested in since the start of 2023.

The company says that over that time, it has invested £122 million in sites, equipment and technology…

CVS has reported the results of a clinical improvement project it ran in 105 of its first opinion small animal practices to increase screening for hypertension in older cats.

According to the company, participating practices more than doubled the number…