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Revealed: Top 50 pet industry news stories of 2018

It has been an amazing and eventful year for the UK pet industry with lots of companies making headline news (good and bad) as well as scores of exciting and innovative new products being launched. In this, the 50th and final Pet Trade Xtra bulletin of the year, what better way to look back on 2018 than through the Top 50 best-read stories?

Mutt & Co Pet Boutique (pictured above) in Hartlepool, Teesside, has only been open for just over a year and progress has been so dramatic that the store has been crowned UK Pet Retailer of the Year at the PetQuip Awards. It was the 4th most read story of the year.

Merry Christmas to all Pet Trade Xtra readers

This is the 50th and final issue of Pet Trade Xtra for 2018. We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Thanks for your continued interest in our weekly newsletter and just tio let you know we'll be back on Thursday, January 3rd.

Owner ‘distraught’ after Pets at Home grooming incident

A pet owner has been left “distraught” after part of his dog’s tongue was cut off by a Pets at Home groomer, reports the Peterborough Telegraph.

New appointments at pet food firm

The number of employees at the Real Petfood Company has more than doubled from 30 to 65 since the firm moved to its current site at Kinmel Park in Bodelwyddan some two years ago. The latest appointments are Ceri Twist as Technical Services Manager and Ross Dilworth as an electrical & software engineering apprentice...

HOWND set to launch Hemp Wellness Treats Starter Pack with free counter display

OWND will be launching starter packs of its award-winning range of 100% natural Hemp Wellness Treats in the New Year. When ordering a case of 10 units per variety (total x 50 units) customers will receive a free branded counter display unit...

HiLife’s natural pet food range in Top Products List

Specialist petfood brand, HiLife, celebrates as its range of natural dog and cat food is named Top Launch for the Petcare category, by The Grocer in its Top Products Survey 2018.

Chuckit! plays Santa Paws to homeless pups

Christmas comes early for the homeless pups at the Godmanchester Wood Green centre thanks to a recent delivery of dog toys, which has been gifted to them by leading dog toy brand Chuckit!...

Nutrition experts reveal results of Ambassador campaign

In 2018, leading pet food brand EUKANUBA launched a pioneering programme, searching the country to find five incredibly special dogs of different life stages. They would become the official EUKANUBA Live Life Well Together Ambassadors...

Pet food company partners with leading rugby club

Skinner’s Pet foods has become an official club partner of dog-loving Gloucester Rugby Club...

Aviemore’s on the horizon for CSJ team

As a sponsor of The Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain Aviemore Sled Dog Rally the CSJ team will be on hand mingling with the crowds, posting live on social media and interviewing the mushers...

Partnership aims to improve outcomes for pets

Simplyhealth and Felcana have announced that they are to collaborate as strategic partners. Simplyhealth’s expertise in preventive health plans will support the efforts of Felcana’s team of veterinary surgeons, data scientists and engineers, with a view to understanding how pet health plans can support the development of its state-of- the-art digital platforms and technologies.

More news items from the pet world

The best of the previous Pet Trade Xtra

The top-read stories from last week's Pet Trade Xtra can be seen below, if you missed them...

Pet shop owner devastated by £60,000 raid

The owner of a pet store admits that a raid on his premises in the West Midlands, which resulted in £60,000 worth of supplies being stolen, has had a ‘devastating’ affect on the family-run business...

Natural Instinct recalls Wild Venison cat food

RAW pet food company Natural Instinct is recalling its Wild Venison (Natural Cat Food) because some of the ingredients were not inspected in line with EU requirements. The absence of inspection means the safety of the product cannot be confirmed and may therefore carry a potential risk...

Law Print partners on refresh of grain-free pet food brand

Leading UK pet food manufacturer Symply has again turned to Law Print for its packaging needs, this time to help with its Canagan brand ‘refresh’...

Vet issues winter warning to dog owners

A leading UK vet has issued a winter warning to owners of water-loving dogs over the dangers of potentially-fatal canine hypothermia, as Storm Deirdre threatens to bring a Nordic blast of cold to the UK.

International interest soars in PATS trade exhibition

PATS Telford is on track to attract ever-stronger numbers of international buyers in 2019. Leading trade association PetQuip will be taking part in PATS Telford once more. Its multi-lingual personnel will be manning the International Buyers’ Lounge, providing information on the UK market and suppliers to the international buyers attending the show.

National award for pet-tech product entrepreneur

Pet product entrepreneur Andrew Nowell, founder of PitPat, has been crowned ‘Internet of Things Founder of the Year’ at the inaugural BMW i UK Tech Founder Awards, coming out on top above the likes of TechSixtyFour, JCC Bowers and Limbic AI.

Vet students strip off for a good cause

Final-year students at the Royal Veterinary College have stripped naked for a 2019 calendar in support of charity...

Specialist retailer branches out into dog treats

Specialist retailer Orvis UK has launched a new range of dog treats, using sustainably sourced fresh ingredients, and air dried to maintain nutritional value...

Plans to turn former pet store into shop selling pies and pasties

A former pet shop in Sheringham, North Norfolk, which closed in September, is set to be turned into a store selling pies, sausage rolls and pasties...

WHIMZEES releases seasonally-shaped dental chews

WHIMZEES – the all-natural daily dental treats for dogs – is making the leap from alligators to Christmas shapes! Its first ever seasonal shapes, which hit pet stores in the UK this December, feature a snowman and a Christmas tree...

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