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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/utility/feedstylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>interesting</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/31400/interesting</link><description> https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/b/veterinary-nursing-news/archive/2018/11/27/pets-at-home-joint-venture-practices-facing-closure.aspx 
 watching this one with interest 
 &amp;#39;It is thought that the main reason for the cutbacks is a shortage of veterinary surgeons</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 10</generator><item><title>RE: interesting</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/173638?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2018 06:02:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:d0ed4461-88d0-4271-a8f8-ae9b439092c7</guid><dc:creator>Sal the 1st</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;PJ Zurawel&amp;quot;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve read in another article that there are no planned closures at this time &lt;span class="smiley-common smiley-confused" title="Confused"&gt;&lt;span&gt;:S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; Not sure if they are just planning on running the practices as a group venture partnership and run through head office instead of the jvp but not really to sure what is going on&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;I hope it all works out well for you and those working for the group. Uncertainty isn&amp;#39;t nice.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: interesting</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/173631?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:49:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:402a5edb-668e-4133-947d-ad0e766c4c27</guid><dc:creator>PJ Zurawel</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;ve read in another article that there are no planned closures at this time :S Not sure if they are just planning on running the practices as a group venture partnership and run through head office instead of the jvp but not really to sure what is going on&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: interesting</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/173603?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:59:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:fd354f50-34a4-4cca-a918-62bcaa621572</guid><dc:creator>jojofruits</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;They will probably dedicate the space taken up by the surgeries to shelves full of stuff!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Far less stress and much more profitability I should imagine!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: interesting</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/173558?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 18:57:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:ee7a4442-8067-437b-88b0-1f85d49b7361</guid><dc:creator>Sal the 1st</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;[quote user=&amp;quot;PJ Zurawel&amp;quot;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;is it a little bit of panic at the unknown??&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;possibly? - or maybe the business model is getting past its sell by?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;the v4l policy was always going to be a good little earner in the early days and get people through the door but people tend to shop around for the best price when it comes to surgery, diagnostics and long term meds and that often means their pet goes elsewhere. Loss leaders are great if the customer stays with you - not so good if they go elsewhere to spend the real money but if you set your prices too high this is what happens.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>RE: interesting</title><link>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/173550?ContentTypeID=1</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 09:21:54 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:bde55288-76ba-42e1-a973-9a5deec62836</guid><dc:creator>PJ Zurawel</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Will also be watching this one considering I still work for them. I wonder if we are actually able to blame brexit seeing as how we don&amp;#39;t actually know what the outcome is or is it a little bit of panic at the unknown??&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>