THE INDEPENDENT VETERINARY BUYING GROUP
VIP Group pays 100% of manufacturer rebates to member practices. You pay one flat monthly fee, never a percentage of your spend. We never take a cut of your money.
Keep your wholesaler No tie-in One month's notice
Founded by a veterinary surgeon.
Over 30 years in the profession.
THE DIFFERENCE
Your practice generates the rebate. Most buying groups keep a slice of it, or charge a percentage of everything you spend. We keep none of your rebates, and our fee doesn't move when your spend does.
If you spend more, we don't earn more. That's the whole difference.
EVERY LINE VISIBLE
We collect and reconcile every manufacturer rebate across your suppliers, chase what's owed, and pay the full amount to your practice. Your fee is billed separately, so you can see exactly what you earned and exactly what you pay.
Our largest members receive £10,000 to £25,000 a month in rebates. Every penny goes to them, not us.
One flat monthly service fee, the same whether you claim £400 or £40,000.
Illustrative example month. Your statement shows your own manufacturers and figures.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
A small fixed fee rather than charging a % of our spend. He is so passionate about getting the best deals and passing all of that discount on to us.
Great level of rebates with a flat rate management fee that means I get to keep far more than with my previous buying groups.
HOW IT WORKS
Three steps. You keep your wholesaler and your clinical judgement.
The five-minute Medicines Margin Check shows where your buying terms, rebate visibility and stock deserve a closer look. No invoices needed.
Send us a year of purchase data. We reconcile it line by line and come back with what your practice would have kept over that year as a member, from your own invoices. If the figure doesn't justify it, we'll say so.
We collect and reconcile every manufacturer rebate across your suppliers, chase what's owed, and pay the full amount to your practice. One flat fee. Never a percentage.
WHERE THE SAVING COMES FROM
So we don't pretend to. The money is in licensed veterinary equivalents: the same active ingredients, a different label, a materially better price. That's a brand decision about what your practice stocks, not a compromise on care.
MilbemaxMilprazon
Milbemycin oxime + praziquantel. Same actives, same licensed indication.
RimadylRycarfa
Carprofen. Same active, licensed for the same use.
KesiumCladaxxa
Amoxicillin + clavulanic acid. Same actives, same licensed indication.
Examples from the member price list. You take the ones that suit your practice and leave the rest.
THE FOUNDER
Dr Ross M. Kelly has spent more than 30 years in the veterinary profession. In 2008 he and Helen set up their own companion-animal practice and grew it from a team of 4 to 18 before selling in 2020 to focus on VIP.
He has negotiated directly with manufacturers on behalf of independents, and he knows what the old buying-group model quietly costs a practice, because for years he paid it himself. VIP is the group he wanted to join and couldn't find.
FOR HOUSEHOLD-PET PRACTICES
The CMA changes make reviewing your medicines economics timely. Look at purchasing and dispensing exposure separately, without assuming a particular loss or a guaranteed saving.
Read the official CMA guidanceNo. You keep the wholesaler you use now and the ordering process your team already knows. Nothing about how stock reaches your shelves changes.
No term, no minimum spend, no exit penalty. One month's notice and you're out, and you keep every rebate earned up to that point.
The switches are brand changes to products you already dispense, with the same active ingredients and the same licensed indications. Your clinical protocols stay exactly as they are.
Yes. Being in a group already is the best reason to compare. Your purchase analysis shows what you would have kept last year with VIP, so you can compare it with what you receive now before you decide anything.
One flat monthly fee, never a percentage of your spend. It stays the same whether you claim £400 or £40,000 in rebates. We explain the fee and terms alongside your purchase analysis, before you sign anything.
It is used for your analysis and nothing else. It is never shared with manufacturers.
NO OBLIGATION. NO HARD SELL.
Start with the five-minute Margin Check. If it's worth going further, we'll show you from your own purchase data what membership is worth to your practice. If the answer is small, we'll tell you.
