CVS
CVS Group plc is one of the UKโs largest integrated veterinary services providers, with growing influence across the petcare supply chain. Pet Gazetteโs coverage of CVS includes acquisitions of vet practices and referral centres, strategic partnerships, business performance updates, and developments that affect pet product stocking, prescriptions, and client services. We also report on how CVSโs corporate growth and operational decisions impact suppliers, wholesalers, and independent pet retailers โ especially where there is overlap in pet nutrition, health, and wellness products. This tag helps industry professionals track a major player shaping the future of UK petcare delivery.
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Mar- 2019 -25 MarchEvents
ECC Congress announces line-up
The UKโs only dedicated emergency and critical care Congress for the veterinary profession has revealed the line-up for its annual event later this year, the first time it will be held at a brand new venue, the Royal Armouries in Leeds. Congress organisers, Vets Now, has announced consultant anaesthetist in…
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25 MarchVeterinary
New veterinary practice opens in Langley Mill, Derbyshire
Scarsdale Vets has announced the opening of its newest First Opinion veterinary practice in Langley Mill, Derbyshire.. The new Langley Mill site will feature facilities designed to diagnose and treat the most common cases on-site with the support of the groupโs referral hospital, Pride Veterinary Centre. Veterinary surgeon Yvette Rowntree,…
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22 MarchEvents
RWAF to hold conference in Birmingham
Rabbit Welfare Association and Fund (RWAF) and Burgess Pet Care have been working together to deliver rabbit specific CPD for 15 years. The two organisations are offering a day packed full of health, welfare and behaviour. This โEssentialsโ day is for every non clinical person that works with rabbits and…
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22 MarchEvents
โFuture-focusedโ programme for the RCVS at BSAVA Congress
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) is hosting a suite of future-focused presentations at the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA) Congress next month. Presentations will cover topics from the future of veterinary education and veterinary nursing, to telemedicine, leadership and mental wellbeing within the profession. The RCVS will…
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12 MarchVeterinary
RCVS Council elects first black council member as junior VP
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) Council has elected its first black council member in its 175-year history to be junior vice president of the college for 2019-20. Mandisa Greene, who was first elected to council in 2014 and was re-elected last year, is currently chair of the Practice…
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8 MarchVeterinary
MMI introduces Sarah Brown Mental Health Research Grants
Applications are now open for the RCVS Mind Matters Initiative (MMI) first Sarah Brown Mental Health Research Grant, named for an elected RCVS Council member who tragically passed away in 2017. One ยฃ20,000 grant will be awarded each year for five years, starting in 2019 (making a ยฃ100,000 total by…
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5 MarchVeterinary
RCVS takes โno further actionโ on vet convicted of dangerous driving
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) disciplinary committee has decided that โno further actionโ was required in the case of a Glamorgan-based vet who was imprisoned after being convicted of dangerous driving. Simona-Claudia Panait appeared before the committee on 25 and 26 February 2019 facing one charge. The charge…
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5 MarchVeterinary
Royal Veterinary College ranked ‘best in the world’
The veterinary degree course at the University of Londonโs Royal Veterinary Collegeโs (RVC) has topped the 2019 QS World University Rankings for the first time. Ranked third in the preceding three years, the RVC overtook Cornell University (now fifth) and the University of California (now second). Utrecht University was ranked…
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4 MarchManufacturers
Wellness Core to provide free nutrition consultation at Crufts 2019
Pet food manufacturer, Wellness Core has announced it is to offer pet owners free nutrition consultation at its Crufts stand. Dr Danielle Bernal, a global expert on canine nutrition and member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS), will be at the CORE stand, offering show visitors advice on…
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Feb- 2019 -20 FebruaryVeterinary
RCVS Council candidates and new VN Council member announced
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has announced the candidates standing in the 2019 RCVS Council elections and confirming the two members of the Veterinary Nurses (VN) Council who were nominated this year. There are nine candidates standing in this yearโs election, including five existing council members eligible for…
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