In This Issue
Pet trade organisations call for specialist pet shops to be exempt from any mandatory retail closures during the coronavirus crisis
Pets at Home share price rises
PetQuip to support UK pet firms in light of Interzoo postponement
Pet firm to provide free dog food to elderly owners
Different Dog smash their crowd funding target
COVID-19: ChickenGuard issues advice for Chicken owners
PFMA offers advice on how to look after pet dogs during current coronavirus crisis
Pet retailers asked for opinions on future of the trade
Johnston & Jeff celebrates 140 years with £1m factory expansion
Paleo Ridge announces big plans for 2020
Broadreach Nature wrap-up Crufts experience
Scruffs announces new partnership with LaserPet
Collared Creatures leads the way with luxury ranges
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Video vet service provides pet owners with free remote appointments
London Dog Week postponed until further notice
Can pets help owners to cope during social distancing? Science says yes
The Pet-fluencers earning thousands on Insta - how much could your pet earn?
Station Vets awarded Silver Cat Friendly Clinic Status
The best of last weeks Pet Trade Xtra
Interzoo postponed due to spread of coronavirus
Petition calling for ban on ‘harmful’ rabbit hutches reaches 26,000 signatures
Pet shop owner wins Crufts Best of Breed award
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Pet trade organisations call for specialist pet shops to be exempt from any mandatory retail closures during the coronavirus crisis

Eleven pet trade and welfare bodies have come together to call on Government to consider pet welfare during Coronavirus crisis planning, particularly focusing on the need for specialist pet shops to be exempt from any mandatory retail closures. In a letter to Defra, they urged Government not to overlook the needs of the nation’s pets. 

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Pets at Home share price rises

The Times and other financial websites were reporting this morning about the 18% share price rise for Pets at Home...

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PetQuip to support UK pet firms in light of Interzoo postponement

PetQuip has announced that it will update UK pet businesses scheduled to exhibit at Interzoo on developments following the decision to postpone the international trade exhibition...

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Pet firm to provide free dog food to elderly owners
 

In these unprecedented times Pawfect Pet Foods is keen to do its bit to lift the spirits by providing free product to isolated elderly dog owners times, who are some of the most vulnerable people in the current Coronavirus landscape.

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Different Dog smash their crowd funding target

Leading Shropshire-based dog food company, Different Dog, which recently appeared on the BBC Worldwide News programme “The Inside Track” and triumphed at this year’s Crufts by winning the prize for the Best Small Trade Stand at the show, has smashed their crowd funding target...

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COVID-19: ChickenGuard issues advice for Chicken owners
 

ChickenGuard, the automatic chicken coop door opener manufacturer, is today issuing advice for all chicken owners, in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic...

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PFMA offers advice on how to look after pet dogs during current coronavirus crisis

Sarah Hormozi, Head of Science and Education at the Pet Food Manufacturers Association, shares her tips on how to look after pet dogs in the current climate...

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Pet retailers asked for opinions on future of the trade
 

Vital Pet Group has launched a new survey entitled ‘We hear you!’. The UK wholesaler will be asking retailers to take around 10 minutes out of their day to complete the online survey to gauge confidence in the future of the pet trade and to find out what retailers really want and need from wholesalers and suppliers...

 

Vital Sales and Marketing Director, Heather McManus says too often the needs of pets and their owners are considered but not the needs of retailers. “There’s a vast amount of untapped knowledge in the trade."

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Johnston & Jeff celebrates 140 years with £1m factory expansion

Premium quality bird seed manufacturer Johnston & Jeff is flying high with the announcement of a £1m expansion of its factory. The investment is also helping the family firm mark its 140th anniversary celebrations...

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Paleo Ridge announces big plans for 2020
 

Paleo Ridge has announced exciting plans for the year ahead, reaching a ‘key marker on their roadmap’. The business has recently hired two new positions in its Sales & Marketing Department, announcing the appointment of Helen Ellwood as Head of Sales & Marketing and Will Green as its new Ecommerce Marketing Manager...

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Broadreach Nature wrap-up Crufts experience

Broadreach Nature had an amazing time at Crufts 2020. Even with the Coronavirus worries Crufts 2020 had a large group of visitors and so did their stand...

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Scruffs announces new partnership with LaserPet

Manchester-based pet bedding supplier Scruffs has announced a new partnership with laser therapy company LaserPet. As part of the new partnership, any bookings made with LaserPet using a Scruffs referral code will automatically be given 25% discount code to use on the www.petslovescruffs.com website.

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Collared Creatures leads the way with luxury ranges

Leading Yorkshire-based pet accessory company, Collared Creatures launched some exciting new products at Crufts this year including an exciting new range of handmade rope collars and leads in a variety of attractive colours, a deep over-stuffed dog bed and a new range of buckled collars all made from waterproof webbing...

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