In This Issue
Pets at Home pull out of another new store…the second time within a month
Pet firm fined £30,000 for supplying ‘fire-risk’ cushions to garden centre
New-look Just for Pets unveiled at Coventry store
PATS Telford attracts impressive 43 new exhibitors
Stand a chance of becoming UK Pet Retailer of the Year
Ceva launches national TV advertising campaign
National award for pet recruitment expert
Pets at Home continues ban on rabbit muesli sales
PIF campaign shortlisted for prestigious industry award
Help pondkeepers prepare for Summer with Tetra
Top tips on how to bring your dog to work
Three’s the magic number for doggy trio
Get your own copy of Pet Trade Xtra
26th June is deadline for initial Wyevale Garden Centre offers
£4,000 burglary at Surrey pet store
Chester pet shop plans charity fundraising event
Pets at Home set to implement £2.5m warehouse project
Hector the Gordon gathers a fan club
Lintbells launches natural calming supplement for cats
Johnson's introduces larger sizes of popular shampoos
Stellar line-up for CSJ’s next 'A Way With Dogs'
The best of the previous Pet Trade Xtra
Pet retail group Jollyes sold to private equity firm
3 pet food suppliers are dominating the industry — but the competition is heating up
New dates for PATS Sandown 2019 announced
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Pets at Home pull out of another new store…the second time within a month

 

Pets at Home has halted plans to open a new store for the second time within the space of a month. The latest move sees the UK’s largest pet retail chain pulling out of a newly-developed Guisborough retail park, following a similar decision in Skegness last month...

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Pet firm fined £30,000 for supplying ‘fire-risk’ cushions to garden centre

Rosewood Pet Products Ltd, who supplied cushions to Coletta and Tyson garden centre in Woodmansey, Yorkshire, has been fined £30,000 after the items were found to represent a serious fire risk...

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New-look Just for Pets unveiled at Coventry store

 

The Just for Pets retail business, rescued by Pedigree Wholesale eight months ago, has been given a fantastic new look thanks to a £1 million investment fund. A first glimpse of the new branding was seen at the grand opening of the flagship Coventry store at the weekend...

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PATS Telford attracts impressive 43 new exhibitors

 

The growing stature of PATS Telford in September has resulted in 43 companies taking stand space at Telford International Centre for the first time. They will be joining a long list of regular exhibitors on September 23-24 as the UK’s national pet trade exhibition shapes up to be another epic event. Currently, 160 manufacturers and suppliers have already booked their place at the show...

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Stand a chance of becoming UK Pet Retailer of the Year
 

Pet shops are being urged to enter the prestigious 2018 PetQuip Awards to stand a chance of walking off with the title UK Pet Retailer of the Year. The closing date for entries is June 30.

 

Pictured: Jamie and Liz Gleave of Cheshire-based Paws & Claws.

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Ceva launches national TV advertising campaign

 

Ceva Animal Health has launched a national summer TV advertising campaign to raise awareness of its leading veterinary behaviour products, FELIWAY Friends and ADAPTIL Calm On-the-Go Collar (previously known as the ADAPTIL Collar)...

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National award for pet recruitment expert
 

Pet Trade Solutions’ award for Best Pet Industry Recruitment Company UK in the Lux Awards 2018 came as a surprise to owner Lynda Ward as she was unaware of a nomination...

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Pets at Home continues ban on rabbit muesli sales

 

Pets at Home is supporting Rabbit Awareness Week by continuing its ban on selling rabbit muesli, an initiative that has been in place since April 2013...

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PIF campaign shortlisted for prestigious industry award
 

The Pet Industry Federation has been shortlisted for the Marketing Campaign of the Year award at the prestigious Trade Association Forum Best Practice Awards 2018. PIF’s shortlisted entry focused on the in-house marketing campaign to launch its new public-facing website to the pet industry, www.mypetpeople.co.uk...

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Help pondkeepers prepare for Summer with Tetra

 

With the weather warming up, many fishkeepers will be looking for advice on caring for their pond this summer. But, with so much information out there, how can retailers really be sure what to recommend? To help, Dave Hulse, Tetra’s Technical Expert has answered some of the most common questions around summer ponds...

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Top tips on how to bring your dog to work
 

With Bring Your Dog To Work Day, Britain’s favourite charity dog day just around the corner (June 22) we got some tips from Vulric, one of our favourite office dogs, on some dos and don’ts on bringing your dog to work...

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Three’s the magic number for doggy trio

 

From guiding their blind best friend to helping with the confidence of a fearful rehomed pup, a trio of dogs have proven that three really is the magic number.

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