Dozens of jobs saved as digital healthcare group Remedi Solutions bought from administration – and new owner Nadeem Sarwar says Cheshire business has 'significant growth potential'

Dozens of jobs have been saved after a health startup was bought from administration by a digital health entrepreneur who says it still has great growth potential.

Runcorn’s Remedi Solutions launched in 2020 to supply prescription medication through its technology platform to care homes across the country. In August, it handled the seventh highest number of prescription items of any business in England.

But the business began suffering from cash flow problems and Nick Harris and Lucinda Coleman, of PKF Francis Clark, were appointed administrators on Friday, December 6. They then sold the business to Remedi Healthcare Ltd, a new company founded by Nadeem Sarwar, founder of digital pharmacy and healthcare e-commerce group Phlo Technologies. That deal was backed with a financial package from Castlebridge Finance and Tallaght Financial and has saved 83 jobs.

Mr Sarwar said: “I’m delighted to have secured the future of Remedi’s workforce and the important services we provide to our valued cu