Entries for the annual SPVS Veterinary Business Excellence Awards are now open. The Awards, supported by Shire, veterinary specific funding, finance and insurance specialists, are a SPVS initiative designed to celebrate and honour outstanding veterinary practices that have demonstrated exceptional performance and innovation in key areas crucial to the future success of the profession.
Why participate?
Taking part offers practices the chance to showcase their accomplishments, benchmark against other industry leaders, and inspire continuous improvement. By recognising and sharing best practices, standards of excellence can be elevated across the veterinary profession.
Award categories
The awards are presented across three categories:
- Leadership and management skills: recognising practices that exhibit visionary leadership, strategic planning, resource and finance management and innovative practice development
- Team and self-development: celebrating practices that have excellent morale, a culture of collaborative teamworking and effective communication, in a supportive and inclusive work environment
- Veterinary start-ups: honouring practices that have started up in the last 2.5 years, that have grown in both quantitative and qualitative parameters and achieved a profitable and sustainable business model
Awards process
Full details and entry submission can be made here. The deadline for initial submissions is Friday, 17 October 2025.
Awards prizes
Five shortlisted practices in each category each receive a book of their choice, provided by 5M Books.
The 3 category winners will win full day and evening tickets to SPVS Congress 2026 on Thursday 26 February at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole (limited to three team members per practice), plus overnight accommodation.
The overall winner will then be announced at the Congress.
Dr Daniel Lee, Director & Veterinary Surgeon, Manchester Cat Clinic, 2024 overall winner said: “We entered SPVS Business Excellence Awards to celebrate our team’s hard work and our unique approach to feline care. The process gave us fresh insights into our business, encouraged reflection on our growth and connected us with like-minded practices striving for excellence.”
