Industry News
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Aug- 2020 -6 August
Dechra extends dermatology range with Osurnia
Veterinary pharmaceuticals firm Dechra has announced the expansion of its range of products to treat otitis externa with the introduction of Osurnia. The announcement follows Dechra’s acquisition of the worldwide rights to the marketing and manufacture of the product from Elanco Animal Health Inc. Osurnia is formulated for the treatment…
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5 August
Vetoquinol completes Profender and Drontal acquisition
Vetoquinol has acquired Profender and Drontal, the broad spectrum dewormers for cats and dogs, and is now the new owner of the brands in the UK and Ireland. The brands were acquired following recent mergers and allow Vetoquinol to play an “increasingly important” role in supporting practices with their preventative…
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5 August
Lintbells partners with VetYogi
Lintbells, a manufacturer in premium natural pet supplements, has announced a new partnership with VetYogi that will offer a free, six week online Yoga course to veterinary professionals. The ‘Hatha for Heroes’ campaign was created to raise awareness of the importance of health and wellbeing and to say “thank you…
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5 August
Test & Treat appoints new business development manager
Veterinary diagnostics company Test and Treat has appointed Rachel Kirkby as business development manager. Kirkby will be working alongside the research team that led to the development of U-Treat, to explore other applications for the technology, including its use in bovine mastitis, bovine respiratory disease and otitis externa. She will…
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5 August
YuMove partners with the Pet Pod Podcast
YuMove has announced a new partnership with The Pet Pod, a veterinary podcast for pet owners which is presented by vet Dr. Zara Boland. The canine nutritionist is founder of The Pet Pod, and has previously presented ‘Zara’s PetClinic’ on ‘This Morning’ as well as appearing on Channel 4, ITV,…
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4 August
Vital Pet Group appoints head of supply chain
Vital Pet Group has announced the appointment of Sean Kelly as head of supply chain. Kelly has over 14 years experience within the pet industry and will be working with teams across the Vital business to bring about operational efficiencies. Prior to this, he has held senior positions at Sinclair…
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4 August
PIF announces autumn dates for Virtual Petindex
The Pet Industry Federation (PIF) has announced the dates for its second Virtual Petindex (VPI) online pet trade event in autumn. Taking place on 11-12 October 2020, it follows the “success” of the UK’s first online pet trade show, Virtual Petindex (VPI). The federation announced an early-bird rate is available…
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4 August
Dogstival to take place in September
The organisers of Dogstival have announced that the event is set to go ahead on 5 September and 6 September at Burley Park, New Forest. Tickets for the event, which is sponsored by Purely Pets, Additionally, are only being sold in-advance to comply with ‘track and trace’ guidance, and enable…
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4 August
Mandatory face coverings spark ‘modest’ uplift in footfall
Footfall across all UK retail destinations saw a “modest” uplift last week, with footfall up by 2.8% against the week prior. According to Springboard, this may have been boosted by the mandatory use of face coverings in shops, after footfall was up by 4.4% the weekend the rule was introduced. …
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3 August
Catipilla plans for further growth
Catipilla, a luxury cat furniture business based in Wales, has unveiled a new UK manufacturing partner, and announced it will undertake an “exciting product redesign” in 2020. It comes as the brand said it has “followed an impressive growth trajectory” since its launch. Most recently, it experienced monthly year-on-year growth…
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