Omega Pharmacy 

A Derbyshire pharmacy has been sold in just 18 days to an online clinic and prescription service (March 20). 

Based opposite a medical centre, Omega Pharmacy dispensed an average of 3,000 items per month as it’s previous owners decided to sell after a short ownership to focus on their Coventry pharmacy. 

Christie & Co pharmacy director Carl Steer said: “This sale took just 18 working days which is not only my fastest ever sale in 20 years with Christie & Co, but is also four to six months quicker than a typical sale and we achieved over the guide price.” 

Atherstone In-Practice Pharmacy 

A high-dispensing and extended hours Warwickshire pharmacy has been sold to a consortium led by a local pharmacy owner (March 10). 

Atherstone In-Practice Pharmacy dispenses an average of 23,000 items per month and was sold by its GP partners at Atherstone Surgery. 

Jay Sahota, who owns Atherstone Pharmacy in the town, heads up the consortium who has bought it and pharmacy brokers Christie & Co said there was lots of interest in the pharmacy after it reduced its hours from 100 down 72 hours per week. 

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Christie & Co Finance’s senior director David Ward said there had been a “mass of corporate pharmacies hitting the market over the last 24 months” and “lenders have been a little more cautious on finance for pharmacies, looking closely at the ability of any pharmacy to easily cover its outgoings”.  

“Jay and his partners are hugely experienced pharmacists and I am certain that they will continue to provide a valuable community service to Atherstone,” he added. 

Takeaways, micro bar and bus depots 

A former Boots pharmacy could be turned into a takeaway in Great Yarmouth. 

A planning application for 138C High Street in Gorleston would split up the existing unit into two and use them as a restaurant and takeaway, but local councillor Barbara Wright objected along with a dozen others. 

She said: “There has been a proliferation of cafes / takeaways in that area recently and the high street should provide a varied shopping area and the shop should remain as retail premises.” 

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A planning application has been made for a former bus depot in Preston to be turned into a medical facility with a pharmacy. 

Ali Medical Centre has applied for some remaining buildings to be demolished as the vacant site on St. Paul’s Road would include space for a GP and treatment rooms covering podiatry and physiotherapy along with the pharmacy. 

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And a former pharmacy in Dudley could be turned into a micro bar after a planning application was submitted this month (March 7). 

The pharmacy in question at 6 Halesowen Road is available with the unit next door for a combined rent of £40,000 per annum. 

LG Pharmacy 

An owner couple have retired after selling their busy Glasgow pharmacy to a small local operator (March 21). 

LG Pharmacy was owned by Michael and Lisa Christie since 2006 and had grown it from dispensing 2,000 items per month to an average of 11,250 as it also had an automated robot to streamline its dispensing.

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GNA Healthcare’s Gazenfer Ali bought LG Pharmacy to add to his three other Glasgow pharmacies and another in Fife and he hopes to “emulate the success of all of our other pharmacies”.

“10 years ago, we started with one pharmacy dispensing barely 2,500 items per month and now we are heading towards 50,000 items per month as a group. I am happy to warmly welcome the team at LG who will be instrumental to the growth we are looking to achieve,” he added. 

Adel Pharmacy 

A North Leeds pharmacy in a health hub has been bought by a group of five pharmacists (March 24). 

Adel Pharmacy dispense around 4,036 items per month and sits next to a private GP, physiotherapist and aesthetics clinic, with previous owners M&B Healthcare selling after consolidating its portfolio which includes nine pharmacies. 

SAAAI Pharma Ltd have bought it, and its co-owner Shahbaz Mirza said a key factor was “the limited competition in the area, presenting a unique opportunity to strengthen our foothold in the market”. 

Clarkes Pharmacy 

A Northern Irish village has been sold to a first-time buyer as its previous owner retires (March 19). 

Clarkes Pharmacy dispense around 7,350 items a month at its County Armagh location in Newtownhamilton village, and is within walking distance of two GP surgeries. 

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Previous owner Aidan Hughes ran Clarkes for 20 years and will now retire, while new owner first-time buyer Paul McGimpsey said he looks forward to “building on the good work of the previous owners by developing the services provided and getting to know my new patients”. 

Omega, Atherstone In-Practice, LG, Adel and Clarkes pharmacies were all sold for an undisclosed price.