The Lloydspharmacy we started out in went up for sale – so we rushed to buy it

Brothers James and Brendan Semple both spent their early careers at a former Lloydspharmacy branch in Renfrewshire. Little could they predict that they would buy it for themselves 30 years later

Contractor James Semple
James Semple (pictured) and his brother Brendan purchased the former Lloydspharmacy earlier this year
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James Stent joined C+D as a digital reporter in May 2023 from the South African human rights news agency GroundUp, where he was senior reporter and consultant editor.

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