In This Issue
Warning about e-cigarettes and dangers to pets
Pets At Home workers could pick up £240k each from flotation
Scampers educates confused owners after Channel 5 programme
Revenue-generating dental range from Beaphar
First there was Fish4Dogs...now there's Fish4Cats
TV star David Tennant narrates new Dogs Trust advert
Pedigree refreshed the packaging of its leading range of dog treats
New code of practice launched to encourage responsible pet ownership
Amazing finalists named for Crufts 2014 Dog Heroes contest
Book early for funded spaces at overseas pet trade exhibitions
Kennel Club Charitable Trust opens Flood Fund for dogs
Plan for pet shop at illegal puppy farm site thrown out by town council chiefs
Portrait of 2013 Best in Show winner to be presented at Crufts
£2,000 snatched from West Sussex pet shop
Poundstretcher aims to muscle into petcare market
Barking Heads and Meowing Heads now available through Vital Pet Products
OATA heralds review of Live Import of Fish Act as a good outcome for the industry
Revamped bird hide launch a success
Ceva launches puppy blog on Adaptil website
Gundog breeder Maddi Burchell joins Veterinary Thermal Imaging for Kent
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Top 25 stories of 2013
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1. Profitable Lincolnshire pet store is closing down
2. Finalists of new industry awards revealed
3. Telford pet shop closes down on the spot
4. Bespoke pet furniture firm seeks retail outlets
5. The Giant Pet Store in Norfolk goes into administration
6. RRPs should be protected, says pet shop
7. Poundstretcher expands its pet business
8. Leading vet responds to claims by dog behaviourist
9. Taking on the giants of the pet food industry
10. Small Irish firm is a big player in the dog treat market
11. Award-winning Just for Pets aims to open more stores
12. Pressure from retail giants and the internet force pet shop to close down
13. Hundreds of UK pet shops selling inadequate hutches
14. Secrets of success of an award-winning pet store
15. Sales grow for ‘natural pet store’ that refuses to stock food from major suppliers
16. Vets should share some of the blame for falling pet welfare standards
17. Dog Rocks stop supplying Amazon Retail
18. Seahorse Atlantic and Soopa share winning formula
19. Pet GPS device sets its sights on Europe
20. Pure Pet Food is an instant hit
21. Pet retailers react to Crown's distribution move
22. Divided opinion among some retailers
23. Lancashire pet shop to close down at the end of the month
24. Dragon's Den star backs Southampton pet firm
25. Mars Petcare looks to close Peterborough factory

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Plan for pet shop at illegal puppy farm site thrown out by town council chiefs
Town hall chiefs have rejected an application for a pet shop licence at the site of an illegal puppy farm exposed by a Manchester Evening News investigation.

Father and son team Jeffrey and Richard Speakman were banned from keeping dogs for 10 years by magistrates after the newspaper revealed they were illegally breeding and selling hundreds of puppies at Bentley Hall Farm in Walshaw, Bury.

Earlier this month, the publication reported how Jeffrey Speakman’s other son Neil had applied for a pet shop licence at the same site – and wanted to keep and sell 30 to 40 dogs from there.

But councillors on Bury Council’s licensing committee unanimously rejected the application at a meeting last week.

The press and public were banned from the meeting while the matter was discussed and decided on – but committee chair Councillor David Jones said afterwards: “We heard a lengthy representation from the applicant about what he planned to do there and we questioned him closely on his relationship with his father.

“We felt if we granted the licence, it would have put the father in breach of the order placed on him by magistrates last year.”

Bentley Hall Farm owner Jeffrey Speakman, 66, and son Richard, 22, were also handed four-month suspended jail terms at Bury Magistrates Court after admitting 11 animal welfare offences in September last year.

Police and RSPCA inspectors swooped on the farm, after the undercover Manchester Evening News sting, and found dogs living in their own faeces and with untreated medical conditions – including a Labrador found dead in her bed from organ failure.

RSPCA inspectors said some older dogs at the farm had been kept purely as ‘breeding machines’ – producing litter after litter to be sold at around £250 per puppy.

They seized 137 animals during the raid after discovering a number left in pain and thirsty in filthy, overcrowded sheds.

Neil Speakman, who was not involved in the case so could have theory kept dogs at the premises, said after the meeting: “It was disappointing outcome.

"I was applying for a pet shop licence – I’m not my dad and I’m not my brother.

“But I think public perceptions before the hearing swayed the decision.

"I think the decision was inevitable. It felt like I was fighting a losing battle.”

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