The business is created by Terry Prudhoe who began wholesaling toiletries and contract packaging and retailing paracetamol tablets.
Terry establishes the business in its first home in an industrial unit in Willesden, North London.
Aspar Pharmaceuticals expands into its first manufacturing premises in Colindale, North London to begin tablet and capsule manufacture.
Purchase of a second unit at the Colindale site for dedicated packaging and distribution facilities.
Aspar is awarded the accolade of Tesco Supermarket’s ‘Supplier of the Year’.
As the business continues to expand, plans are drawn up to move to a new purpose-built site in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Following a £14m investment the St Albans site becomes operational.
As St Albans becomes fully operational the Colindale site ceases manufacture and the site closes.
Terry Prudhoe’s son Jonathan assumes the position as Managing Director.
The expansion of Aspar’s St Albans campus is completed.
Aspar has grown from a small family-run business into a nationally recognised pharmaceutical manufacturer. With dedicated pharmaceutical facilities and a team of skilled professionals, we operate with the same commitment and passion today as we did on day one: putting quality, safety, and people first.
Every product we make reflects our commitment to improving people’s lives and the long-term success of our partners.
Managing Director
Chief Operating Officer
Head of Strategy & Change
Head of Quality
Packing, Planning & Distribution Manager
Manufacturing Manager
Head of Commercial
Customer Services Manager
At Aspar we both understand the importance of partnership and truly value our partners. As a UK-based family business we collaborate with trusted a wide range of partners—from our suppliers and distributors to our family of retailers and wholesalers. Each one plays a role in our mutual success.
Together, with our partners, we are are delivering on our vision to improve the quality of your life.
As a business we’re growing, and so can you. From manufacturing and packaging to quality and from logistics to commercial we are constantly looking for talent to develop our team.
In order to ensure patient safety we operate with integrity, care and full regulatory compliance. Our robust quality systems are built on the principles of current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) and overseen by experienced professionals in quality, regulatory affairs and pharmacovigilance.
Patient safety underpins everything we do, from our relationships with clients to the products we deliver to patients.
