History

History

Bell’s Healthcare has a proud reputation you can trust built on a history and heritage that stretches back over 170 years. In that time, we have developed strong, lasting relationships across the industry, with our suppliers and equipment manufacturers, through the regulators and health authorities across the world, to our customers, both here in the UK and in over 65 markets across the world. A partner you’ll be proud to be associated with.
  • 1848 – Bell’s was first established as a pharmacy in Preston, Lancashire
  • 1945 – our factory was destroyed twice during WWII but the company continued
  • 1978 – manufacturing relocated to purpose-built premises in Southport
  • 2000 – a dedicated warehouse was built to hold stock
  • 2002 – our Southport factory was significantly extended to increase capacity
  • 2008 – Bell’s was acquired by Marksans Pharma underpinning our strength and security
  • 2018-19 – Bell’s achieve record sales as the company goes from strength to strength

The Future

Building on our proud past, we are constantly preparing for the future, with an active new product development pipeline to increase our range and dynamic marketing to extend our reach both at home and overseas. 
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