CVS Group Plc engages in the provision of veterinary services. The company is headquartered in Diss, Norfolk and currently employs 8,822 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2007-10-10. The Company’s segments include Veterinary Practices, Laboratories, Crematoria, and Online Retail Business. The firm has 500 veterinary practices throughout the United Kingdom and Australia, including nine specialist-led referral hospitals and 40 dedicated out-of-hours sites. The Laboratories division provides diagnostic services and in-practice laboratory analyzers to CVS practices and third-party owned veterinary surgeries. The Crematoria division provides pet cremation and clinical waste disposal for CVS and third-party practices. The Online Retail Business includes Animed Direct, which sells prescription and non-prescription medicines. The company also operates three laboratories, seven crematoria buying groups (VetDirect), a pet health plan (The Healthy Pet Club), pet insurance (MiPet Cover) and an online retail business (Animed Direct).