Our Pharmacy Summer Placement Programme website is now live.  Applications open Monday 7th January and close Friday 25th January 2013. 

www.boots.jobs/spp

The Boots Jobs Twitter feed is for current and past employees of Boots and anyone interested in working for the company.

Follow the Boots Jobs Twitter feed for the latest Boots and industry news, information about Boots locations, job vacancies and relocating.

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If you have any questions about vacancies, how to apply, online assessments or our selection and interview process then take a look at our new FAQ section.

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Boots were awarded two special acolades at the Recruiter Awards held in London recently - Best Graduate Recruitment Strategy and Innovation in Recruitment. 

The Best Graduate Recruitment Strategy Award was given in recognition of our Pharmacy Graduate Programme. The judges were impressed with the scale of the graduate programme and the success rate in the competitive market of resourcing pharmacists. 

The Innovation in Recruitment award was given to Boots to recognise the innovation revolving around the new online assessment tool for store colleague roles. 

Boots has unveiled a new look and feel for its pharmacies to help support a new condition-led pharmacy approach. 

The current look and feel of the pharmacy area across the entire store portfolio and online is to be upgraded. New designs and iconography are being introduced to make it easier for customers to find and access healthcare and pharmacy services. The new easy to understand icons and language will give a brighter, sharper and more dynamic way of communicating healthcare and pharmacy products and services. 

Congratulations to Vicki Watters for her success at the first ever Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards held in London. 

Vicki scooped the winners award for Pre-Reg Trainee of the Year category - a truly fantastic achievement. 

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society Awards gives great opportunity to recognise successful projects or initiatives and more importantly the proactive and innovative approach that led to their success. These are the projects which raise the benchmark in the profession and allow everyone to learn. They benefit everyone but more importantly benefit patients. 

We're opening a brand new store at Crescent Link Retail Park, Londonderry at the beginning of November 2011.  

Crescent Link Retail Park is the second largest retail park in Northern Ireland located in the southern eastern periphery of Londonderry,  just off the A514.

Come and join our fantastic new team.  We are looking for people who are friendly, enthusiastic and are passionate about helping others.  If this sounds like you then apply today!   We've a range of great opportunities available including; Team Managers, Healthcare Assistants, Consultants and Customer Assistants.  

Find out more about these opportunities here

On Thursday 8 September, the winners of Retail Week's 2011 Skillsmart Retail Rising Stars awards were announced at London's Grosvenor House Hotel. The Rising Star Awards celebrate those individual and teams who really make a difference to their company's performance.

The award ceremony brought together hundreds of retail professionals to honour those who have performed outstandingly over the last year. Through gruelling interviews with every individual, the judges were looking for people who demonstrated the skills and intuition to serve the needs of the business both at the support centre and in stores. The categories were tough with competitors from almost every retailer represented.

We are so proud to announce.....

• Alex Ball from our Baby Category scooped the Winners award in "The Buyer/Merchandiser of the year" category.
• Rachel Horsefield was highly commended in the "Online Team/Individual of the year" category.
• Oliver Warner from our Supply Chain development was also shortlisted within the Store Support of the year category.

A massive congratulations to all.

Britain’s Next Big Thing - BBC 2, Tuesday 8.00pm

Britain’s Next Big Thing follows small businesses and entrepreneurs on their journey for their products to be stocked by a major retailer including Boots.

Hosted by Theo Paphitis from BBC’s Dragons Den, it starts on Tuesday 12 April at 8.00pm with 7 one-hour episodes shown over a 7-week period. Boots will feature at length in most of the shows, along with Liberty and Habitat who will also be following their own journey from prototype to the shop floor.

We’re delighted to be consistently ranked amongst the best companies to work for, according to the latest results of two prestigious national surveys.

Boots Opticians scooped the coveted first place on The Sunday Times Best 25 Big Companies to Work For list. As well as being the UK’s very best big company to work for, we also won a special award for ‘Innovation in Engagement’ in recognition of the work the Boots Opticians Forum does to encourage open communication across the business. Boots Opticians was awarded a Best Companies Three-Star Status, which makes us an ‘extraordinary’ company to work for!

This year, Boots UK earned a brilliant 19th place in The Sunday Times list and a prestigious One-Star Status – it’s the second year running that we’ve been considered a ‘first class’ organisation to work for.

In Ireland, we’ve been leading the way for even longer. For the last three years running we've been ranked one of the Best Workplaces in Ireland, as featured in the Irish Independent.

Perhaps the best thing about these awards is that they’re based on feedback from our own people. Teams across the business reported that they relish the great team spirit and feeling of reward, recognition and appreciation.