All Lloydspharmacy articles
LloydsPharmacy is the second largest pharmacy chain in the UK. Since its inception in 1973, it has developed a strong niche as the UK’s largest community pharmacy operator. LloydsPharmacy has a strong digital presence – through its ecommerce site and Online Doctor business – allowing customers access to routine healthcare where and when it suits them. This has underpinned the retailer’s role as a community pharmacist.
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NewsLloydspharmacy goes into liquidation
Lloydspharmacy has gone into liquidation with a debt of £293m still owed to creditors, according to documents filed by its liquidators on Companies House last week.
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NewsBoots offers 1,500 jobs to former Lloydspharmacy staff affected by closures
Boots has announced that more than 1,500 job roles are available across its stores nationwide for pharmacists impacted by the Lloydspharmacy closures.
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NewsArgos Ireland closure and Lloydspharmacy withdrawal from Sainsbury’s put 2,600 jobs at risk
Around 2,600 retail jobs could be lost after Argos revealed it will end its operations in Ireland and Lloydspharmacy decided to close its branches in Sainsbury’s stores.
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DataData: The top 30 retailers by UK store numbers
Tesco and the Co-op maintain the largest store networks, but discounters are showing the fastest growth.
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DataData: Top 30 retailers in the UK, according to shoppers
Amazon has been knocked off the top spot of customers’ favourite places to shop by M&S’ food division, according to exclusive survey data from OC&C.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy owner’s UK boss Cormac Tobin exits
Cormac Tobin, UK managing director of LloydsPharmacy’s parent company, has left the business with immediate effect after more than a decade at the business.
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AnalysisInfographic: The world's best stores and Wilko redundancies
Words and numbers, November 3, 2017: We look at some of the best and best-loved stores in retail, while Jo Jenkins gets a warm welcome from White Stuff and Wilko makes redundancies.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy to close 190 stores due to funding cuts
LloydsPharmacy plans to close nearly 200 of its UK stores as government funding, business rates and the apprenticeship levy have made “market conditions challenging”.
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DataData: Top 50 retailers by sales during 2015/16 financial year
Retail Week’s ranking of the UK’s top 50 retailers by sales for the 2015/16 financial year sees The Range, Inditex and Asos enter the table for the first time.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy poaches Boots exec for new digital role
LloydsPharmacy’s parent company Celesio has snapped up rival Boots’ head of digital development Matt Poole for a newly created role.
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AnalysisRetail Week Awards: The nine best marketing campaigns of the year
The shortlist for the Retail Week Awards 2017 was unveiled last week. Here are the contenders for Marketing/Advertising Campaign of the Year.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy takes control of Sainsbury's 281 pharmacies
Sainsbury’s has handed over control of its 281 pharmacies to Celesio-owned LloydsPharmacy today following last year’s acquisition.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy gets CMA green light to acquire Sainsbury's unit
LloydsPharmacy’s deal to buy Sainsbury’s pharmacy unit has had the go-ahead from competition authorities, but it must still sell some stores.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy may have to sell stores to clear Sainsbury's deal
LloydsPharmacy could have to sell stores as a result of competition concerns as it looks to acquire Sainsbury’s pharmacy business.
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NewsLloydsPharmacy owner Celesio's ops director exits as digital boss sought
LloydsPharmacy owner Celesio UK is on the hunt for a new operations director and digital director as it looks to boost its online offer.
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NewsCompetition and Markets Authority to investigate sale of Sainsbury’s pharmacies
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has referred Celesio’s planned acquisition of Sainsbury’s pharmacy business for detailed scrutiny.
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NewsCMA raises concerns over LloydsPharmacy's bid for Sainsbury's unit
LloydsPharmacy’s bid to buy Sainsbury’s pharmacy arm is facing scrutiny after a probe found shoppers could be hit by a “loss of competition”.
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AnalysisLloydsPharmacy targets more NHS hospital chemists as part of growth strategy
LloydsPharmacy is looking to acquire a number of extra chemists in NHS hospitals as part of its expansion plans.
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AnalysisStore gallery: Celesio unveils new-look John Bell & Croyden London pharmacy
Celesio has reopened its new-look John Bell & Croyden pharmacy in London’s West End following a £4m refit.
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NewsTesco, Superdrug and Boots to be given access to NHS medical records
High street pharmacies Tesco, Superdrug, Boots and Lloyds will be given access to patients’ medical records in a bid to ease pressure on family doctors.