Essex-based VRCC has been rebranded Southfields Veterinary Specialists as part of a £1.5 million upgrade and expansion aimed at making it a multi-discipline centre of cutting-edge expertise and excellence.

The practice, which is owned by the Linnaeus…

The Society of Practising Veterinary Surgeons (SPVS) has launched its new look, personalised salary survey and is inviting veterinary surgeons and BVNA members to take part.

All SPVS members who complete the survey online will be sent their own personalised…

Alton-based Lumbry Park Veterinary Specialists (part of CVS) has been awarded hospital status by the RCVS under its Practice Standards Scheme.

In their report, RCVS assessors highlighted the calm and professional environment at Lumbry Park, which they…

White Cross Vets, the family-run group with practices across the North of England, has found a typically novel way to celebrate it's 80th anniversary with its staff.

They're holding 80 live prize draws in which each member of its 190-strong team…

White Cross Vets, the family-run veterinary group with 16 practices across the West Midlands and the North of England, has recruited its 200^th employee: Eilona Savage (pictured right), who joins the company's Kings Heath practice as a client care co-ordinator…

Three new referral clinicians with expertise in oncology, internal medicine and zoological medicine have joined Highcroft Veterinary Referrals, a Bristol multi-disciplinary referral practice covering the south west of England.

Dr Sabela Atencia DVM MVM…

White Cross Vets has joined forces with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in order to raise as much money as possible to fund pet-focused play materials.

The group is hoping to raise more than £5,000 for the hospital by donating £1 for every pet vaccinated…

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…

The British Equine Veterinary Association (BEVA) reports that at the end of a hotly contested Moral Maze style debate held at Congress last week, only 28% of the 329 delegates agreed with the motion: Corporatisation is inevitable and will benefit vets…

The British Veterinary Association and the British Veterinary Nursing Association have announced a new strategic alliance designed to strengthen the working relationship between the two associations whilst maintaining their individual identities.

The…

Cheshire-based Northwest Veterinary Specialists has announced that it has tripled its neurology team with the appointment of two new specialists, Massimo Mariscoli and Luca Motta.

Massimo (pictured left) qualified from Bologna Vet School in 1990 and spent…

Medivet is celebrating two milestones this month: 30 years in the profession and its 200th veterinary practice.

The company, which has added over 50 practices to the business this year alone, puts its success down to the group's family feel, and the…

VetNurse.co.uk Jobs has announced the launch of a new feature designed to help veterinary nurses have greater confidence applying for jobs advertised on the site.

Publishing Editor Arlo Guthrie said: "I've lost count of the number of nurses who remark…

Yorkshire-based White Cross Vets has been named 'Overall Winner' as well as winning the 'Employer of the Year' award at this year’s Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) National Business Awards sponsored by the Clydesdale Bank.

Entries…

Up to 80 staff are being recruited for Paragon Veterinary Referrals, a new £5 million referral centre in Wakefield, Yorkshire.

Paragon is being built by the Linnaeus Group, which says the new centre will be one of the largest and best-equipped…

The Veterinary Marketing Association is seeking nominations for its 2017 Practice Marketing Award.

Sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, the Practice Marketing Award is free to enter, and open only to veterinary practices.

Entries need to demonstrate initiative…

The Veterinary Practice Management Association (VPMA) has published its ten top tips for practices to become compliant with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules coming into force in May 2018:

1. What data are we talking about?
   The data…

VetNurse Jobs has announced that from today, veterinary employers can display the salary and benefits they offer as an integral part of their recruitment advertisement on VetNurse.co.uk, in a way designed to give jobseekers a realistic expectation.

Noble Futures, a recruitment consultancy specialising in the animal Health, agricultural, equine & pet industries, has joined forces with The Partners - a business specialising in coaching, psychometrics, learning & development and human resources…

Virtual Recall, the company behind the iRecall suite of veterinary marketing communications tools, has launched iRecall Consent Management, a new way to manage and maintain clients' consent and communication preferences, in time to help practices comply…

Simplyhealth Professionals, a provider of preventive health plans for cats, dogs, rabbits and horses, is launching two new online resources for veterinary practices.

The first is Design Hub, a self-service marketing portal which allows practices to choose…

RCVS Knowledge has launched the Knowledge Awards for Quality Improvement.

The awards are designed to recognise successful implementation of quality improvement (QI) in veterinary practice, which can reduce avoidable errors, ensure practice is based on…

Briar House Veterinary Surgery in Broadstairs, Kent, has been named Best UK Vet 2018 after amassing the highest number of four and five star client reviews on www.vethelpdirect.com

Briar House Veterinary Surgery achieved 944 top rated reviews over the…

White Cross, the Yorkshire-based, family-run, 18-practice group has been named amongst the Sunday Times 'Best 100 Best Small Companies To Work For' for the sixth year running.

The group attributes part of its success to the various initiatives…

White Cross Vets, the 18-practice group headquartered in Leeds, has introduced 'peternity leave', through which all its 220 staff are entitled to two paid days off work when they get a cat, dog or rabbit, to help them settle the animal in its new home…