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Partnership agreements in pharmacy: Why structure matters more than trust
Pharmacy partnerships are often formed on long-standing professional relationships, shared values and mutual trust, writes Sarah Stoddart, director of Vitality Law Australia While these elements are important, experience consistently shows they are …
Explosive consequences
What steps can pharmacy owners take to aid in navigating their business away from a potential disaster? During World War I, Halifax, Nova Scotia was a peaceful city a world …
The smart road to vehicle tax deductions
Pharmacy owners looking to acquire a vehicle for their business need to consider their options and what tax consequences it will have for the business, Peak Strategies accountant manager, Marcus …
Managing staff communications during a sale
A critical challenge when selling your pharmacy is deciding when and how to communicate with your staff, writes Pharmacy Solutions Australia Employees are often long-standing and highly valued, making poor …
From burnout to balance: What pharmacists are changing about how they work
For many pharmacists, burnout doesn’t arrive suddenly. It builds quietly—longer days, fewer breaks, growing responsibility, and a sense that the workload keeps expanding while recovery time shrinks, writes Raven’s Recruitment …
Snakes and ladders
Running a successful pharmacy business is not a matter of pure chance. To do it well, you need to climb the necessary ladders and avoid the many snakes lying in …
Pharmacists: are you claiming this?
As pharmacists head back to uni to upskill as the profession’s scope of practice expands, Peak Strategies director Priya Narsing, provides some advice on tax-deductible expenses With APP 2026 coming …
What employers are actually looking for now
Changes in pharmacists’ scope of practice, combined with staffing shortages, are driving a shift in community pharmacy hiring, writes Raven’s Recruitment operations manager, David Shaw On paper, the job looked …
Why the highest offer is not always the best
When selling a pharmacy, it is natural to focus on achieving the highest possible sale price, Pharmacy Solutions Australia reports Experienced sellers know that not all offers are created equal. …
Social media compliance for pharmacies: a friendly reality check
Pharmacists have well and truly found their feet on social media, writes Peak Strategies’ head of marketing, Sarah Rendell TikTok and Instagram reels are full of pharmacists educating, advocating, sharing …
Facing up to the coming flood
A tidal wave of change is set to break on community pharmacy, but as much of this is buried in accounting data, many pharmacies may not have their dikes ready …
Our perception of opportunity
The world of valuations has been the busiest that we’ve ever seen, and pharmacy land is certainly an active one at present, writes Peak Strategies director, John Thornett One thing …