If you are reading this as a qualified pharmacist, then at the beginning of your career you would have completed a 12 month preregistration year. So you will appreciate the importance of this year for a pharmacy graduate who has successfully completed their studies. With 22 schools of pharmacy in the UK, student numbers are projected to rise by 20 per cent over the next few years so the demand for preregistration placements will increase.
There is no right or wrong time to decide when to take the plunge and buy your own pharmacy. You may have qualified only a year ago, you may be a locum pharmacist with many years of practice behind you or you may be an employee with a history of working in many different pharmacies – the possibilities are endless.
In pharmacy, as in retail generally, success often depends on a timely and effective response to changes in the marketplace. Today, more than ever, businesses cannot afford to remain static. They need to attract new customers to grow, be more successful and more profitable.
Written by Rebecca Stevenson MA Vet MB MRCVS is Veterinary Technical Manager at Merial Animal Health Ltd.
Most people are aware that fleas can cause problems for the cats and dogs that they infest, but fewer people are aware of the wide-reaching problems that a flea infestation can cause for the whole family.
The photography market has undergone huge changes in the past few years, changes that affect who our customers are, how they take their pictures, what they do with them and how the retailer can service them.
Welcome to Pharmacy Business and Practice 2007. This is the 14th edition of this annual publication and I am confident that this edition will be as valuable to you as others have been..