A brief history of Orridge Business
Sales
In 1846 Benjamin Orridge, who was Queen Victoria’s pharmacist
and a founder member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
had the inspiration to assist his fellow pharmacists to sell
their businesses for the best possible price. He set up his
business in Ludgate Hill in London and thus started the successful
agency of Orridge & Company. Some interesting old adverts
from the 19th century are in the downloads section of the
website.
Orridge & Company eventually started a successful stocktaking
business but the business sales agency was separated from
the stocktaking business in 2000, to enable the present owners
to concentrate solely on pharmacy sales. The dental practice
agency was started in 2001 and whilst it only accounts for
between 5% and 10% of our transactions each year, has a strong
reputation and has become a very successful part of our business.
The business is now owned by Nick Holland-Brown and his
family. Nick, who joined Orridge & Company in 1968 comes
from a family with a history of pharmacy. His grandfather
owned several pharmacies in the Midlands between the 1930’s
and 1950’s.
What differentiates us from our competitors
Perhaps the most important difference is that valuing and
selling pharmacies and dental practices is ALL that we do.
Unlike our competitors who are also stocktakers, accountants,
consultants, locum agencies or cleaning companies, we are
business sales agents through and through. We concentrate
100% of our time and effort on selling our clients’ businesses.
We are a thriving and energetic company, dedicated
to selling businesses on a national basis throughout the
United Kingdom. Our team of Regional Sales Managers all have
defined areas giving them a thorough local knowledge of the
market and are strongly committed to achieving the best available
deals for our clients.
Whilst we are still a personal and approachable company,
we are the biggest and most successful by far and continue
to invest heavily in new technology to stay ahead of the
competition and maintain our position as No 1 in Business
Sales. This continual investment improves the efficiency
of our staff and our clients benefit from increased attention
to detail, improved standards of service and speedy transactions.
We have been selling pharmacies for over 160 years. No one
has as much experience of the pharmacy market as Orridge
Business Sales.
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