Pharmacy current issues

The government has announced plans to reduce the amount of funding for community pharmacies for 2016/17. Scott Sanderson, Healthcare Partner at Hawsons, commented: “These proposals represent significant funding cuts for pharmacies in 2016/17; a 6% reduction in the overall pharmacy global sum funding is equivalent to an average loss of nearly £15,000 for every pharmacy” in England.

• Find out more about the changes to global sum funding

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The issue of whether to run your pharmacy as a company or a sole trade or partnership is an important decision.

• Download our incorporation flyer

In this download we summarise the relevant tax changes and show the potential tax savings currently available from operating as company. Additionally, we consider other relevant factors, including any potential disadvantages your pharmacy may face. For more information please do get in touch.

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There are hundreds of thousands of smaller companies approaching their staging date and the ability of pension providers to provide solutions is becoming a real issue of capacity. It is not usually about just having a pension scheme, but having the process and systems in place to collate the data required to present and report to the Pensions Regulator.

For more information please get in touch.

Whether you’re thinking of buying a practice, selling a practice or raising finance, Hawsons can help. We are experienced deal-makers and have been helping clients buy and sell pharmacies for many years.

• For out how we can help with buying/selling a pharmacy

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On 23rd June 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union. From the argument over selling bendy bananas to the threat of an emergency Budget, the EU referendum campaign has undoubtedly had its share of the headlines over the past couple of months. The biggest headline now though is of course that the UK has voted to leave the EU.

• What does Brexit really mean for you?

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