Latest articles by David Harris
Law
This morning, the Competition and Markets Authority finally released their long-awaited final remedies for the UK veterinary sector. This has been going on for three years now, and while at time of writing the…
Law
In their provisional report, the CMA last year set out a plan to cap the fee for veterinary prescriptions at £16. They claimed that this was “roughly equal to the average price charged by independent FOPs [firs…
Law
The CMA report last week contained their proposed rule changes for vets around pricing – and overall, I think there are some really good ideas in there, especially around transparency of pricing and ownership. However,…
News and Comment
On Wednesday this week, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published the long-awaited provisional decision around veterinary businesses and pricing. And actually, it’s much less radical than many had been e…
Best UK Vets
On 19th June, the BestUKVet Awards ceremony took place in London. Powered by VetHelpDirect, the awards celebrate excellence in customer service – because all the awards are determined by the number of outstanding reviews…
Animal
Have you had many Christmas cards this year? I’ve had a nice mixture of traditional paper cards and illustrated or even animated electronic ones (some of which are lovely!). And something that really jumped out at me was…