Growing veterinary group opens its seventh practice
A family-owned Yorkshire headquartered veterinary group has launched its seventh practice and is now the only independent vet in the Middleton area of Leeds.
Harrison Family Vets, which is based in Harrogate, has invested £350,000 and initially created six new jobs at its latest site at the newly built St Georges Retail Park.
Operations director, Kristie Faulkner, said: “Until now the only veterinary practices in the Middleton area were owned by the large corporate chains.
“As a result, more than 200 local pet owners registered with us before we even opened, which demonstrates the level of demand for independent veterinary practices that can offer far better value than corporately owned clinics.
“As a group, our success and growth are based on our ability to price as affordably as possible, whilst also offering exceptional and modern facilities that are all designed around the pets we treat.”
Facilities in the practice include separate dog and cat wards, five consulting rooms, a digital X-ray suite, dental suite with dental X-ray facilities, an operating theatre and ultrasonography.
The practice’s waiting area features pods that give clients their own space and shield pets from the stresses of facing other pets in a traditional waiting room.
Harrison Family Vets launched in the UK in 2021 with a practice near Reading, and then opened in Kingswinford in the West Midlands, Didsbury near Manchester, Stockton near Middlesbrough and Armthorpe in Doncaster.
Earlier this summer, the group opened in the Wigan suburb in Tyldesley and is currently transforming a former pub on Mosborough’s High Street, approximately eight miles from Sheffield city centre, into its eighth practice.
