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.
PS: Whilst you're here, take a moment to see our latest job opportunities for vets.
Very sad. Soon, at least where small animal work is concerned, we will have CVS doing all the daytime work, and Vets Now doing all OOH. The INDEPENDANT veterinary surgeon will become a thing of the past, and we will lose our status as a self-governing profession, because these monster conglomerates will be too powerful for RCVS to challenge.
Wynne