Paul Imrie

Paul ImrieAfter leaving school following A-levels, Paul Imrie became a junior reporter on the weekly paper serving his hometown of Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire. He spent four years on the district and city desks of the Derby Evening Telegraph, and during this stint studied for, and achieved, the Diploma in Journalism from the now PA-owned Editorial Centre in Hastings.
Following a further four years with the Leicester Mercury, Paul joined VBD in 2004, and has been deputy editor of Veterinary Times, editor of VBJ, and editor of Veterinary Times since 2009. He has also been VBD’s editorial manager since April 2010.
Tel: 01733 383554  •  email: [email protected]

February 2024

SPVS Congress told 3,000 vets registered as non-practising with RCVS and encouraging them back to clinical work key to addressing retention and recruitment challenges.

8 mins

Incidence of thoracolumbar invertebral disc extrusions found to be significantly higher, based on assessment of cases at two CVS referral hospitals.

6 mins

Separate bodies of work unveiled as part of RVC’s VetCompass programme.

7 mins

January 2024

WSAVA’s oncology working group and Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association are making 12 hand-picked articles free to download.

4 mins

Will McFadzean takes over from Nele Van den Steen at Linnaeus-owned centre, and says he is keen to build on the good work of his predecessor.

4 mins

Team at Southfields Veterinary Specialists carry out life-changing surgery on feline patient Sypha after air rifle pellet found lodged in her nasopharynx.

6 mins

The fifth largest animal health company in the world has acquired biotech firm Scout Bio, a University of Pennsylvania spin-out with particular expertise in monoclonal antibodies.

5 mins

Kent-based Pennard Vets wins Employee Ownership Association’s Rising Star gong.

6 mins

Project WORMS found 84% carrying out faecal worm egg counts and 40% routinely testing for tapeworm, but a third of respondents routinely treating their horse annually regardless of test results.

8 mins

Team of veterinary professionals from multiple services involved in treatment of cocker spaniel born with rare congenital anomaly – two additional limbs fused together and an extra vulva.

7 mins

Dermatology Referral Service, East Neuk Veterinary Clinic and DentalVets – all part of the IVC Evidensia network – hosting comprehensive event in Cumbernauld.

4 mins

With close to 20 years’ experience behind him, Luke Ainsworth has gone solo and set up a project to take veterinary services to pets and their owners in north-west.

5 mins

UK specialist vet Jo Murrell is among the clinicians chosen to head up groups, which provide global guidelines and educational resources to help veterinary practitioners.

4 mins

Practice group’s team members voted for the organisation, which provides free veterinary care and services to pets of homeless people, as its chosen charity for 2024.

5 mins

Event from 25 to 27 January in Birmingham will feature a Vet Times Big 6 Live focusing on AI and day dedicated to starting up or expanding a veterinary business.

3 mins

Animal nutraceutical player continued growth of its distribution network, including in South America.

4 mins

University and its School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine agrees memorandum of understanding with City University Hong Kong.

4 mins

University of Bristol’s small animal centre says it is the first vet school hospital to be part of the project, which is run jointly by Dogs Trust and the British Veterinary Behaviour Association.

5 mins

Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service has introduced the cat and dog service to coincide with the launch of a pharmaceutical company’s new treatment option.

5 mins

December 2023

Jim Hopkins, previously vice-chairperson, has been promoted to chair at latest meeting.

3 mins

Veterinary centre and referral service in West Midlands recognised with Overall Outstanding Achiever award 2023 from Investors in the Environment.

4 mins

Charity working to improve equality in education and careers to young people form underrepresented backgrounds receives £4,000 from festive fund.

3 mins

Nine-year-old reindeer is back with her 20-strong herd from Rutland after successful treatment for tumour under her left third eyelid.

6 mins

Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board is hosting a session for vets and farmers on Tuesday 19 December as Defra reveals details of three more Kent cases. 

3 mins

Harrison Family Vets transforming a former pub in Sheffield and fitting a new unit in Wigan as part of a £700,000 investment to create 12 new jobs.

3 mins

Scheme across 105 of its first opinion small animal practices led to number of blood pressure checks conducted in patients more than doubling.

8 mins

Cost to farming is £710 million a year, but collaborative projects are helping.

5 mins

November 2023

Seadown Veterinary Services team performs what could be UK’s first cataract operation on the species.

5 mins

Full range of feline and canine conditions will be treated by referral hospital’s latest department. 

4 mins

The group, which is celebrating its second anniversary, is preparing to open and expand clinics, as well as extend its “innovative business model”.

6 mins