In This Issue
Excitement builds for PATS 2025 at NEC Birmingham
Award-winning retailer reveals secrets of success
‘Moving with the times’ key to pet firm’s success
Play9 wins prestigious marketing award
Pet businesses air concerns following recent budget
Dog food brand aims to set new standard in UK market
Just for Pets offers same day delivery through Just Eat
Peckish invests £½m in TV and media campaign
Pets at Home gets set to open new £1m Pet Care Centre
Bamfords Top Flight eyes European expansion
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Struggling pet shop vows to carry on following public support
Birmingham Dogs Home issues urgent winter appeal
Launch of new awards for outstanding achievements in animal care and training
Extended Black Friday causing issues with deliveries
The best of last edition of Pet Trade Xtra
PIF Awards celebrate the Best of the Best
Revealed: 26 winners of prestigious PIF Awards
First look inside Pets & Friends revamped store
Popular pet shop ‘can’t survive’ licensing delay
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Excitement builds for PATS 2025 at NEC Birmingham

Excitement is building as companies book their stands for PATS 2025, which will take place at the NEC Birmingham for the first time...

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Award-winning retailer reveals secrets of success

Family-owned Wildwood Pets, based in the Lincolnshire market town of Stamford, has been named Independent Retailer of the Year 2024 in the prestigious PIF Awards. Owner Thomas Rogerson, who runs the store alongside wife Laura, reveals the secrets of the company’s success...

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‘Moving with the times’ key to pet firm’s success
 

The boss of an award-winning pet treat company has revealed that businesses need to keep innovating if they wish to remain successful. Pet Trade Innovations was crowned Supplier of the Year at the PIF Awards last week, and managing director Steve Driver said: “With over 30 years’ experience in the pet industry, I feel we’ve moved with the times.”

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Play9 wins prestigious marketing award

Play9, an innovative pet brand that launched less than a year ago, has achieved an extraordinary milestone by winning ‘Marketing Campaign of the Year’ at the PIF Awards...

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Pet businesses air concerns following recent budget

The Pet Industry Federation has revealed the results of a survey among its members in response to the recent UK budget. The results highlight significant concerns about the economic impact on small businesses within the trade...

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Dog food brand aims to set new standard in UK market

Your Dog Only Lives Once is the philosophy behind the creation of  YDOLO – a new dog food being launched in the UK and Ireland. The brand aims to revolutionise canine nutrition by offering 100% natural, highly digestible ingredients to help dogs lead long, healthy, and happy lives...

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Just for Pets offers same day delivery through Just Eat

Specialist petcare retailer Just for Pets has teamed up with the UK’s biggest delivery network Just Eat, enabling millions of customers to order petcare products for same day delivery...

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Peckish invests £½m in TV and media campaign

Peckish, the leading wild bird food brand from Westland Horticulture, is reinvesting in its highly successful ‘Colour In Your Garden’  media campaign, inspiring the public to support nature this season.  

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Pets at Home gets set to open new £1m Pet Care Centre

After months of anticipation, Pets at Home will be opening a new Pet Care Centre in Kettering tomorrow (Friday). The retail group has invested  nearly £1 million in refurbishing, enhancing and future-proofing the store...

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Bamfords Top Flight eyes European expansion

Family-run R&E Bamford, suppliers of the popular Top Flight brand, has its sights set on expanding its export markets after receiving a range of funded support through Boost, Lancashire’s Business Growth Hub...

Bamfords trade sales manager Elin Lloyd (centre) with local councillors.

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