Bosses and union leaders are blaming each other for the disruption at Valley Vets ahead of a new walkout later this week.

Ex-Army officer Richard Dening-Smitherman has swapped the fast food industry for the veterinary sector in his latest role.

CVS has invested the money to upgrade and move Church Walk Vets to a purpose-built site on a Barrow-in-Furness retail park, which has two new vets. 

Some of sector’s largest operators also issue warnings efforts to regulate prices may be “unworkable”.

Practices have until mid-October to submit their entries for the awards, whose winners will be showcased at the group’s annual congress in the new year.

SRUC says its new facility will be one of only a few in the world that can measure all emissions from livestock when it is operational.

Arundell Vets, near Doncaster, awarded hospital status following an RCVS Practice Standards Scheme inspection.

Former staff member wins first stage of an employment claim and more similar cases are set to follow.

Eight more days of strike action is set to affect Valley Vets amid little sign of a breakthrough in its pay and conditions dispute.

Remote radiology and specialist consultancy marked its 15th anniversary at its Cambridge headquarters last month.

The redeveloped branch in Brentford is one of four “concept” sites combining veterinary care and a range of other pet services.

Increased staffing levels and growing customer bases have contributed to a new trading update for the first quarter of this year.

The company is set to acquire Invetx, which develops protein-based therapeutics for chronic conditions in companion animals.

Susan Jebb, of the Food Standards Agency, warned tougher migration rules had contributed to the sector’s “very, very significant” recruitment and retention problems.

Services are being disrupted after workers began two weeks of walkouts amid no sign of a breakthrough in resolving the dispute.