CVS

CVS Group plc is one of the UK’s largest integrated veterinary services providers, with growing influence across the petcare supply chain. Pet Gazette’s 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 CVS’s corporate growth and operational decisions impact suppliers, wholesalers, and independent pet retailers — 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.

Mar- 2023 -

27 March

Retailers

Joii Pet Care launches flea and tick subscription

Veterinary care app Joii Pet Care, which offers digital calls with RCVS-registered vets and nurses, has announced the launch of a flea and tick subscription service. The product will be its own subscription model with free delivery and worming treatment is also available for both cats and dogs. A 10%…
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9 March

Retailers

Jollyes to invest £1m to expand vet clinics

Pet retailer Jollyes has announced that it plans to invest £1m in vet clinics, grooming parlours and other pet services in its UK stores, over the next 18 months. Between now and the summer of 2024, Jollyes will double the number of stores that offer community pet clinics, double opening…
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Feb- 2023 -

21 February

Science

Vet-AI and Joii Pet Care begin study for cats with cancer

Vet-AI and Joii Pet Care have started a study to understand how nutrition can influence quality of life for cats diagnosed with cancer. Pet owners whose cats qualify will be provided with calorie-rich complete food, weighing scales and regular calls with vets via Vet-AI’s digital vet care app. The study…
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Jan- 2023 -

11 January

Veterinary

Seadown Vets joins CVS group

Hampshire-based animal hospital Seadown Vets has decided to become part of the CVS Group. Its four owners, clinical directors Anna Jennings, Gillies Moffatt and Laura Trigg, and veterinary surgeon Kate McMorris, decided to join the CVS family due to the added investment and support a larger veterinary group can provide.…
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Sep- 2022 -

20 September

Trade Organisations

NOAH welcomes Argenta as latest member

NOAH has announced that Argenta has become its latest Associate member. Argenta serves the global animal health industry with hubs located in Europe (including the UK), New Zealand, and the USA. It is a combined global contract research organisation (CRO) and contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) specialising in animal…
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Aug- 2022 -

23 August

Veterinary

Purely Pets customers to get 24/7 access to digital vet care with Joii

Markerstudy Broking has expanded its relationship with Vet-AI via a new partnership with Purely Pets, meaning Purely Pets insurance holders are now able to benefit from access to Joii Pet Care’s video consultations, opening up its digital vet care to thousands more pet owners. The collaboration means the pet insurance…
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10 August

Trade Organisations

PFMA to hold parrot symposium

The PFMA is holding a Parrot Symposium on 21 September to provide a “unique” learning and networking opportunity for parrot experts and enthusiasts. Held at Chester Zoo, the event aims to: Deliver the latest knowledge on parrot nutrition and welfare Provide an opportunity for all attendees to take part in…
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Jul- 2022 -

26 July

Industry News

Remote veterinary demand up 14% in 2022

Demand for remote veterinary consultations has risen 14% in the first six months of 2022 at Joii Pet Care, indicating what it says is a “continued appetite for owners to access vet care from the comfort of their home”. Between January and June 2022, Joii Pet Care saw a 14%…
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Jun- 2022 -

14 June

Veterinary

Vet-AI calls for vet industry to accept remote prescriptions

Pet telemedicine firm Vet-AI is calling for remote prescribing to be permitted for video consultations across the veterinary industry after it claimed research “revealed treatment through the height of the Covid-19 lockdown period to be successful”. Vet-AI, which offers video veterinary consultations via its Joii Pet Care app, analysed records…
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10 June

Events

Horiba UK to sponsor CPD webinar on raw feeding

Horiba UK has announced that the latest CPD webinar in its free-to-attend educational veterinary series will focus on ‘Raw Feeding part II – Bacteriological Risks and Benefits in Companion Animals’. On 7 July 2022 at 7.30pm, veterinary expert Dr Conor O’Halloran BVSc MSc PhD MRCVS, will give an online presentation…
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