Business

Poppy’s Picnic, Wiltshire-based raw pet food company, has secured over £600,000 through crowdfunding to launch its new production plant. The company secured a new 4,000sq ft manufacturing facility in Melksham, Wiltshire which will be operational in Q4 and support the production of online orders, enabling the business to expand its…

Veterinary group VetPartners is to offer members of the profession a chance to become partners in clinical research in what the company describes as a ‘UK first’. The York-based group wants to raise the standard of healthcare across the industry and believes that improving the evidence base through practice-based clinical…

Bury St Edmunds based pet product manufacturer and distributor, Petlife International, has announced increased export activity as it celebrates 25 years in business. Led by John Hancock following a 1993 takeover, the company is best known for its Vetbed Original, a bedding it claims is “recognised by the veterinary industry…

Animal hospital, North Downs Specialist Referrals, has completed a £2.5m extension to its Surrey headquarters as it aims to bolster its treatment offering. The architect-designed addition houses a new diagnostic imaging suite complete with cutting edge technology including state of the art CT and MRI scanners. The newly-opened extension has…

An independent pet product manufacturer has been announced as a finalist in the PetQuip Awards for ‘Pet Product of the Year’. Rob Peacock’s PetWeighter bowl, features a base which can be filled with water or sand, to give it a weight of up to 13kg, meaning pets aren’t able to…

A London restaurant has began to offer a ‘Quarter Hounder’ burger to dogs alongside its human menu, with the burger available free of charge to customers’ dogs between 23 August and 29 August. The ‘Quarter Hounder’ was formulated as part of a collaboration between canine nutrition specialist David Jackson and…

Veterinary group VetPartners has continued to expand its farming offering with the acquisition of production animal vet group Origin. Origin owns a number of well-known business that operate across the pig, poultry and laboratory and consultation sectors. The deal is said to make VetPartners the largest and most diverse production…

Emirates has announced it is to launch its new Emirates Pets service which will see the airline offer airport-to-airport transportation as well as qualified pet care throughout the journey. The new service plans to offer an animal care area in the cargo processing facility, special handling facilities, comfort breaks and…

Veterinary healthcare provider Premier Veterinary Group has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Premier Vet Alliance, has signed a contract with a major corporate veterinary consolidator in the US, the Customer. The Customer has over 140 hospitals across 25 states with in excess of 700 full time vet equivalents. Of these…

Gumtree has announced new measures in order to clamp down on the illegal pet trade and improve animal welfare. The new measures will see the introduction of a compulsory paywall in its pets category, in a bid to deter unscrupulous operators from misusing the platform and discourage the ‘casual’ trading…