Approved · Waiver · decided in 10 days, 3 July 2026
UnclassifiedWA-55026ACCC register
VC Operations (WA) Pty Ltd, part of the Vets Central group (an Australian and New Zealand veterinary group), is acquiring 100% of the shares in Ingwe Consulting Pty Ltd, which operates Gold Coast Veterinary Surgery. This transaction expands Vets Central's presence in the veterinary services sector in Surfers Paradise.
VC Operations (WA) Pty Ltd (together, with its subsidiaries, Vets Central ), proposes to acquire 100% of the shares on issue in Ingwe Consulting Pty Ltd ( Gold Coast Veterinary Surgery ) from Kevin Mark Cruickshank and Fiona Jane Cruickshank as trustees for the Feekev Family Trust and Fiona Jane Cruickshank and Kevin Mark Cruickshank individually. Vets Central is an Australian-owned veterinary group that owns and operates 82 first opinion veterinary practices across Australia and New Zealand. In Australia, Vets Central’s practices provide core and ancillary veterinary services, for household pets as well as livestock, and other exotic species. The services primarily include routine, planned, and emergency veterinary services (excluding after-hours services). The Gold Coast Veterinary Surgery is a full-service veterinary practice in the Surfers Paradise area of Queensland. The business provides a range of first opinion core and ancillary veterinary services for household pets (extending to exotic pets) in the local area.