The Veterinary Leadership Academy has launched "Practice Performance Diagnostic", a tool to help veterinary practice owners identify where operational and leadership pressure is compromising both performance and wellbeing.

Practice Performance…

Ronda.vet, the veterinary locum platform which launched last year, has introduced a public reliability score for locums and practices, giving UK veterinary professionals a way to check cancellation history before confirming shifts.

The feature is live…

The British Veterinary Association has published some resources to help veterinary practices prepare for the Competition and Markets Authority measures due to take effect in September 2026.

The new materials include a downloadable guide to each CMA remedy…

VetThing reports that seven practices with eleven sites have now joined the group, which offers a unique business proposition by which practice owners become shareholders, whilst retaining the clinical freedom to continue to run their businesses their…

Vetsure has launched vetsuremeds.com, a VMD-approved online dispensary platform for UK independent veterinary practices that allows practices to retain an income stream that might otherwise be lost to corporate competitors.

The platform allows vets to…

Enterprising Suffolk practitioner Emily Nightingale MRCVS has created Pricebook.vet, a new tool which allows practices to create and publish CMA-compliant price lists more quickly, which she is gifting to the profession. 

To create a price list, you need…

Langford Vets has become the first UK vet group to offer a Veterinary Human Support Worker to support staff and clients with the emotional load and complex decision-making involved in patient care.

Rhonda Hopkins, who has 28 years experience in high-acuity…

New research from Best Insurance and Excitare.ai has found that 82% of UK pet owners are concerned about rising veterinary bills.

The survey of 2,000 UK consumers, which was carried out by OnePoll in March 2026, found that 40% of pet owners were very concerned…

The British Veterinary Association has published a new FAQ resource to help vets and veterinary employers navigate new rules when recruiting vets to work in the UK from overseas.

The guidance reflects the latest Home Office rules on the Skilled Worker…

Agilio has launched iTeam Rota, a rota management tool for veterinary practices designed to give practice owners and managers clearer visibility across teams and make rotas easier to maintain.

The software is designed to help practice managers plan rotas…

A study published in Veterinary Record has found that lower-income UK pet owners are less likely to have insurance, with cost being the main reason given for not taking out cover¹.

The study, led by Svenja Springer from the Department of Interdisciplinary…

VetSurgeon understands that a major corporate veterinary group is preparing a workaround to the Competition and Market Authority’s proposed £21 cap on prescription charges, according to internal documents seen by this publication.

The documents…

Ronda Vet, the locum booking app, has warned that HMRC rule changes due from 6 April 2026 could leave UK veterinary practices facing unpaid PAYE tax linked to locum providers.

The company said that from April 6, 2026, umbrella companies, along with the…

Animus Surgical has launched Vetlog, a new temperature data logger designed to be used by the veterinary market.

Vetlog will enable practices to prove their temperature compliance to the VMD and RCVS Practice Standards Scheme. Steve Beddall of Animus…

Pet Blood Bank UK (PBBuk), the first charity which collects, processes, stores and supplies pet blood products in the UK, has announced its Board of Trustees.

They are: Phil Nuttall, former Head of the National Blood Service Sheffield Centre, Dr…

Animus4Vets has launched a new complete series of training CDs. The new series of 4 CDs is entitled Sales and Merchandising and covers aspects such as Consulting room sales, Waiting room sales and Educational displays.

Animus4Vets says the new CDs have…

Petplan has announced the winner of the 'ChiWOWhua' competition which took place at BSAVA Congress in April, and offers a guide to pet insurance in practice.

Alfreton Park Veterinary Hospital was chosen out of more than 800 entries from across…

The British Veterinary Association has welcomed the British Veterinary Nursing Association and the Veterinary Practice Management Association as Affiliate members.

Affiliate and Associate are newly activated BVA membership categories, and the election…

Understanding profit and loss within a veterinary practice is vital for all employees. That was the message delivered to delegates attending Pippa Reffold's lecture, sponsored by Dechra Veterinary Products, at the VPMA Congress late last month.

Centaur has launched a new service on the MyCentaur website which allows for 24-hour ordering from any broadband enabled computer.

 A secure practice shopping list with controlled staff access to ordering and management information enables practices to…

ITV's Tonight programme broadcast last night portrayed a veterinary profession in which overcharging is commonplace.

Researchers for the programme took three healthy animals (a cat, a dog and a rabbit) to a number of different vets, telling them…

There are still locum and permanent vacancies in the veterinary industry, despite the current UK recession, but candidates must be prepared to be more flexible, advises veterinary recruitment company, Rig Vet Recruitment.

"The number of vacancies we…

Fort Dodge has released figures today which point to a continued modest slowdown in the UK veterinary sector, being mitigated by a slight increase in average transaction value (the amount a client spends in a year).

Matthew Rowe, Companion Animal Marketing…

Vet practices across the UK are being urged to get involved with Pet Smile Month to increase practice footfall and attract new clients in the tough economic climate. 

Pet Smile Month, which runs during September 2009, is the world's largest veterinary…

Fort Dodge Index (FDI) data for the first six months of 2009 confirm the downward trend in key veterinary practice metrics, including turnover growth, transaction volume and client numbers with a national picture emerging of much slower growth than the…