Current Affairs
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Sep- 2017 -5 September
#Wetnoseday2017 aims to be the biggest so far
Wetnose Day will be taking place across the UK on September 29th – October 1st 2017 to help promote the issue of animal welfare and to raise much needed funds to cover essential food and medical treatments for animals in desperate need in the UK. Wetnose Day aims to encourage schools, workplaces,…
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5 September
Battersea welcomes plans for tougher animal cruelty sentences
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home warmly welcomes today’s news that the Scottish Government is seeking to toughen up on punishments for animal abusers – just weeks after the charity launched its Scottish campaign for five-year sentences. As part of its plans for this next Parliamentary year, the Scottish Government today…
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5 September
Natures Menu celebrates Puppy Awareness Week
Natures Menu is celebrating with Puppy Awareness Week alongside partner Puppy School with puppy graduation classes across the UK. Puppy Awareness Week is a Kennel Club initiative which aims to make sure that puppies live healthy, happy lives by spreading the ‘be puppy aware’ message. To mark this week ,…
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5 September
Symply celebrates enterprise award with ceremony
The Symply Group has been presented with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise at a ceremony at the company’s headquarters. Following the official royal ceremony at Buckingham Palace in July, in September founder and managing director of Symply, Eddie Milbourne, was presented with the official award by Alexander Boswell, Her Majesty’s Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire.…
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5 September
August sees retail sales increase
In August, UK retail sales increased by 1.3 percent on a like-for-like basis from August 2016, according to the BRC. On a total basis, sales rose 2.4 percent in August, against a decline of 0.3 percent in August 2016, which had been the poorest performance of the year. This is…
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5 September
Toilet-python owner found
A python that made headlines after being found by a five-year-old in a toilet has been reunited with its owner. ‘Reggie’ the royal python was found when the young boy lifted his toilet seat in Southend, Essex. The slippery snake managed to escape from owner Tim Yardley when he moved a…
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4 September
Charity braces itself for back-to-school dumped dogs
As children across the UK go back to school, Dogs Trust has identified a trend which sees some families hand their dogs into rescue centres as soon as their children go back to school. Last year, on September 5th, the start of the new school year, we recorded one of the…
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4 September
Squire’s shuts aquatics centre
Squire’s Garden Centre in Cobham is making some changes. The small Aquatics Department will close the first week in September. Fish will continue to be sold at Squire’s centres in Twickenham and West Horsley, along with everything else you need for your pond or aquarium. Squire’s in Cobham will be…
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4 September
People ‘more likely to buy a puppy than new shoes on impulse’
Many people spend more time choosing a pair of shoes or their weekly supermarket shop than they do a puppy and with devastating consequences, according to new research from the Kennel Club. Almost a quarter (23 percent) of people will spend five minutes or less researching where to buy a…
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4 September
New benefits for OATA members launched at AQUA 2017
The Ornamental Aquatic Trade Association is launching a new range of member benefits at AQUA2017 being held at the Telford International Centre in October. The improved benefits include a free telephone hotline for issues from HR and health and safety to tax, VAT and legal issues. There is also a…
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