Ian qualified as a vet from Liverpool University in1979 and as a local lad was invited to join Sims and Partners (as Charter Vets was known in those days). Sims and Partners was then a very mixed traditional James Herriot type practice and Ian kept very busy with small animal surgeries, farm visits and equine problems. As times have changed it has become a necessity to specialise more and more and these days Ian is involved mostly with farm work although he likes to keep a hand in with the small animal work and is happy to see his 'regulars'. Outside of work (what's left!) Ian enjoys sport (watching it now of course). He is a keen member of Rotary where he feels he can give something back to the community that has served him so well for many years.

Hugo is the senior small animal clinician at Charter Vets based at the Newcastle and Smallthorne branches where he looks after his team of three Veterinary Assistants.  Qualifying from Cambridge University in 1980,  5 years intensive large animal work in Somerset before changing discipline to small animal  work via a stint with the PDSA based in Birmingham before joining Charter Vets in 1986, working alongside the founder Frank Sims. He is a small animal GP with particular interests in surgery and dermatology. Outside work his interests are mainly outdoor pursuits, including mountain bikes, sailing/windsurfing and snowboarding.  

Rob qualified from Liverpool University in 1990.  Rob is a mixed animal vet devoting the majority of his time to large animal work but he also deals with the smaller varieties, especially at our Butt Lane Surgery. He is married to Kate who is also a vet. They have twins - Max and Alice, three Border terriers - Rosie, George and Ruby and two cats - Percy and Smog. With the little free time he does get he enjoys gardening, cycling, computer games and motoring.

After graduating with distinction from Edinburgh University in 1994 Marcus won a BVA scholarship to visit the Middle East to do a study on diseases of the indigineous livestock of Oman. Upon his return he joined Charter Vets. After an enjoyable 3 years plus some locuming in the UK, the travel bug hit again and Marcus ventured overseas through South East Asia to work and travel in Australia and New Zealand. Marcus rejoined the practice in 1999 and took over the running of the Biddulph Surgery from his former colleague and mentor John Clewlow. Marcus is particularly intersted in small animal medicine. Ouside of work interests include football, camping, canoeing, scuba diving and walking his dog Scooby. Many of you may know Scooby as he is a regular at the Biddulph Surgery. Marcus now, however, has much less time to enjoy these pursuits as he now has 3 children Lewis, Arran and Isla.

Steve spent 3 years with Charter after qualifying from Bristol University in 1997. Following a 3 year break working and travelling in Australia, New Zealand and  Canada, he returned to head the small animal department at Congleton. Originally working as a mixed vet he now concentrates on small animal work. Particular interests are orthopaedics and small animal medicine.

After completing a 3 year zoology honours degree at Liverpool University, Steve decided the student life was for him and enrolled on the veterinary science course, also at Liverpool. He graduated in 2002. Steve has been with Charter since qualifying  initially as a mixed vet at Congleton.  He now is pursuing his main interest in small animal medicine and surgery at our Newcastle clinic.  Steve is currently studying towards a further certificate in small animal surgery.  In his spare time he enjoys walking Holly, his Border Terrier, and mountain biking.

Amber joined the practice in October 2008 after spending time travelling and working in Australia, New Zealand and the Cook Islands.  She is an Edinburgh graduate with a keen interest in small animal surgery.  She is based at our Congleton and Butt Lane branches.

Mandisa is one of our small animal vets and is based at Biddulph.

After qualification from the University of Liverpool Carol moved straight into small animal practice and after several years in Wolverhamptom joined Charter Vets as a valuable addition to the small animal team at Biddulph.

Isobel qualified in 2007 from the Royal Veterinary College London and has worked in mainly farm animal practice ever since.  Her main interests are in the economics of dairy farming, fertility and youngstock management and she particularly enjoys the side of her job which gets her out talking to our clients and building up a good relationship.  In her free time she enjoys running and her springer spaniel 'Sally' is her permanently keen training partner who is always keen to get out and about.  She also has a lovely cat called Cotton and some newly acquired Light Sussex hens.
 

Kate is one our mixed vets.  You will find her out and about on the farms as well as covering small animal clinics mostly through our Congleton branch.

Natalie works at our Newcastle surgery following her interests in small animal medicine and surgery.

Jenni is a qualified nurse based at the Congleton clinic.  She has a special interest in pet behaviour alongside regular nursing.  She is a keen horserider and owner of two beloved black labs - Buffy and Buddy and a ginger and white tomcat called Bugsy.  Her horse is called Buster.

Emily has been with Charter Vets since August 1999. She has always wanted to be a veterinary nurse and started out as a trainee. Emily is now head nurse at the practice. She enjoys all aspects of veterinary nursing and is especially interested in surgical and theatre nursing. In her spare time Emily enjoys swimming and walking although most of her time is taken up looking after Ronnie who is a Dogue de Bordeaux x Mastiff.

Gemma has been a loyal member of our veterinary team since 2003.  She began as a trainee and during her time with us has become a qualified veterinary nurse, recently being appointed head nurse at our Biddulph branch.  Gemma has a keen interest in canine behaviour and is currently pursuing further studies in this area.  Gemma runs the much loved and very well subscribed Puppy Parties at the Biddulph Surgery.  In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her little dog Lottie and horse Ricky.

Lorraine is another of our qualified vet nurses and is based most frequenly at our Biddulph surgery.

Natalie is our trainee nurse based at the Congleton surgery.  After joining us in 2007 she has now started her training towards becoming a qualified veterinary nurse.

Laura is a trainee veterinary nurse working at our Biddulph branch.

Tracy is a part time receptionist at Congleton and works both ine the small and large animal departments.

Jane is our full time receptionist at Congleton. She is very animal friendly and has 2 dogs, a hamster and a Guinea pig.

Janet joined us in October 2008 and is one  of our receptionists at the Congleton and Biddulph clinics.

Dot has worked at the Newcastle end of the practice since she was 17 years old and has been head nurse at Newcastle for the last 15 years.  She has a young Border Collie called Todd, a Cavalier called Finley and two cats, Albert and Alfie.