Current Affairs

Symply Pet Food celebrates winning Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Symply Pet Food, provider of pet food brands including Canagan, Symply, Piccolo and the Cheshire Cat’s Garden, has been awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2017. The award recognises Symply Pet Food’s outstanding international growth, commercial success and its contribution to the UK’s economy through its pet care products. The honour is…

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Royal Award for TastyBone

TastyBone has been recognised for its worldwide expansion and export growth. The company has received the 2017 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. Part of the Lancashire based pet food manufacturer, Pets Choice, TastyBone manufactures of nylon, edible, rubber chew and play toys for dogs. Focused on export…

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Raw dog food brand teams up with supermarket

Frozen raw dog food from Natures Menu is now being stocked by WaitrosePet.com. The eight new products come in a variety of flavours including chicken, duck, venison, lamb, salmon, pheasant, turkey, white fish and mackerel. Andrea Watson, buyer at Waitrose, comments: “Nutrition is of paramount importance to our customers with pets,…

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Fish4Dogs scoops up Queen’s Award for Enterprise

Worcestershire-based Fish4Dogs has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise International Trade 2017. The business, headquartered in Rushock, Worcestershire and with three manufacturing centres worldwide including operations in Norway, has won the Queen’s Award for its export success and penetration of new international markets. Overseas sales have grown 267 percent over…

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Bira asks political parties to support independent retailers

With the UK’s General Election set for June 8, the British Independent Retailers Association (bira) has asked all parties to pledge their support for the independent retailer. In a statement released by the organisation, bira said: “It was a comfort to the sector when the Department for Communities and Local Government…

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Pet shop owner fined for illegal puppy sales

A pet shop owner has been fined for forging a underage puppy’s passport and then selling the pet online. Artur Zuchowicz, from Wales, was convicted of two offences after placing a misleading advert on gumtree.com and selling the French Bulldog too young, reports the Plymouth Herald. Plymouth Magistrates’ Court said that…

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Skinner’s Pet Food will sponsor Gundog Row

Skinner’s Pet Food’s long association with gundogs and Game Fairs is set to continue in 2017. The company has just announced its renewed sponsorship of the Gundog Row at next year’s Game Fair. The 2017 Game Fair will take place from the 28th – 30th July 2017 at Hatfield House…

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Pooch & Mutt expands to French supermarkets

In April 2017, dog health food brand, Pooch & Mutt, launched a select range of products in 40 Casino supermarkets across France. The expansion into France is part of Pooch & Mutt’s global growth and international exposure strategy. The large supermarket chain now stocks a select range of Pooch &…

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Spring brings a rise in shopper footfall

Footfall in March grew 1.3 percent on the previous year, the fastest growth since March 2014, reported the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The new figures are well above the three-month average of -0.2 percent. However, the new numbers are partly credited to a calendar distortion; March 2016 included Easter Sunday,…

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PM Theresa May seeks snap election on 8 June

Prime Minister Theresa May today made an unscheduled announcement calling for a General Election on 8 June. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street on Tuesday morning, May said Britain needed “certainty, stability and strong leadership following the EU referendum.” She added that “the country is coming together but Westminster is not.”…

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