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Revealed: Secrets of an award-winning pet retailer
Vet students strip off for a good cause
Pet firms urged to set reasonable sales targets
Bestpets wins Wholesaler of the Year for second year
Natures Menu named Manufacturer of the Year
How HayPigs became a big player in small animal market
Time to confine trampolining Boxers and flying pugs to advertising history books, say leading vets
Pets at Home opens new pet-friendly head office
Specialist retailer branches out into dog treats
Trade associations join forces to stage post-Brexit debate
Josera and Green Petfood to exhibit at PATS Sandown
Poppy’s Picnic celebrates two successful years
Deadly disease warning to rabbit owners
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Plans to turn former pet store into shop selling pies and pasties
Victoria Pendleton is heading for BETA International 2019
Henry Wag extends range beyond dogs to horses
Focus on the future?
Law Print scoops top BRC supply chain grade
The best of the previous Pet Trade Xtra
Unique pet store offers boutique boarding for dogs
Forthglade opens new £8 million factory in Devon
Winners of Pet Industry Federation Awards revealed
Nineteen 87 launches new ‘Buy Direct’ website
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Pets at Home opens new pet-friendly head office

 

Pets at Home has opened a new, pet-friendly head office called Chester House, named after the first Pets at Home store that opened in 1991.

 

The new building is the result of a £2m investment in an expansion of its Handforth headquarters that will help drive improved ways of working using the latest in technology and communications to provide a workspace that encourages collaboration and teamwork.

 

Chester House can accommodate up to 300 colleagues and includes 17 meeting rooms, all with their own unique design that reflects the history and achievements of the business.

 

The building also includes three kitchens, a library and a creative lab.

 

Along with a variety of spaces for working, the new office aims to enhance colleague wellbeing during the working day.

 

From private phone booths and enhanced lighting, to a tuck shop and areas for relaxation, Pets at Home has worked closely with its people team to create an environment that not only looks good, but offers comfortable and productive spaces.

 

Outside, Pets at Home has invested in a Pet Park, a fully enclosed, safe area designed with the welfare of colleagues’ pets in mind and, as such, is split into different zones and textures for inquisitive paws.

 

It includes toys, ramps, tunnels, water stations and a warm shower for muddy paws – and boots.

 

An internal competition to name the new building was won by Sue Richardson, a central data manager and one of the retailer’s longest serving colleagues, and Leanne Friar, development small projects manager, who chose the name Chester House in recognition of the first Pets at Home store that opened in 1991 in Chester.

 

Founder of Pets at Home, Anthony Preston, and his wife, Margaret, were invited to the opening of the new headquarters by group chief executive, Peter Pritchard.

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