Knights Pharmacy
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
| Founded 📆 | |
| Founder 👔 | Nitin Sodha |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | UK |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Services | Pharmacy |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 680 |
| 🌐 Website | www |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Knights Pharmacy is a British pharmacy company, with more than 70 pharmacies. It has around 680 staff and dispenses over 6 million prescription items annually. Knights operates in Redditch, The North East, the Wirral and North Wales. It was founded by Nitin Sodha in 1984.[1]
Overview
The company is headquartered at Ipsley Barn, part of Ipsley Court in Redditch, England, a Grade II Listed building built by Sir John Huband Bt. and formerly occupied by The Law Society.[2]
Knights works with local health initiatives such as Umbrella Health, a Birmingham-based sexual health initiative,[3] and a sore throat test in Wales.[4] It has also won multiple awards, including two at the C+D Pharmacy Awards 2019.[5]
History
Knights was founded in 1984 by Nitin Sodha in a Portakabin in the Crabbs Cross area of Redditch with funding from the Enterprise Allowance Scheme which granted him £40 per week for one year to create a healthcare business. Over time, Knights Pharmacy expanded and now operates in 70 sites from Glastonbury to Hadrian.[6] In 2017, it was placed in the top 50 fastest-growing pharma businesses in the UK.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ "Knights Chemist Ltd Companies Register". Companies House. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ↑ "Ipsley Court History". Historic England. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ↑ "Knights Pharmacy Umbrella Sexual Health Services". Umbrella Sexual Health. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ↑ "Knights Pharmacy Area Manager Trials new Sore Throat test". North Wales Live. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ↑ "Knights Pharmacy C+D Award Wins 2019 Services". C+D News. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ↑ "Knights Pharmacy Locations". Knights Pharmacy. 22 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
- ↑ "The Pharma Fast 50". The Pharma Times. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
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