Industry News

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22 May

Pets at Home profits plummet by 12 percent despite sales rise

Pets at Home has announced a drop in pre-tax profits of 12.3 percent despite seeing revenues rise by 5.5 percent. The financial year of 2019 will be the second year of the company’s financial transition as it looks to obtain sustainable profit growth. Pets at Home reported a two percent…

22 May

London’s least pet friendly boroughs revealed

New research has found London’s least pet-friendly borough to be the City of London, whilst research also found that 45 percent of the country own a pet. The research undertaken by housing agency Fast Homes, found that the City of London, Sutton, Bexley, Barking and Dagenham and Redbridge had the…

21 May

Dog food manufacturer announces ‘Dog Dates’ scheme to combat loneliness

A dog food manufacturer has announced a new scheme called ‘Dog Dates’ to combat loneliness in the elderly as part of Mental Health Awareness Week. [optin-monster-shortcode id=”x9diax4uqquvbr6bcrbr”] The Pedigree scheme has seen 20 lonely elderly people living in Melton Mowbray paired up with dog owners in the village in the…

21 May

28 percent of UK tenants would pay more to be allowed pets

As many as 28 percent of UK tenants say that they would be happy to pay an average of £24 per month extra to be allowed to keep pets a new study has revealed. In the new research by bathroom and kitchen firm Showerstoyou.co.uk, pet-friendly housing was found to be…

21 May

Human error could cost businesses £17.5m as GDPR looms

With the arrival of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) businesses who mishandle personal data will leave themselves open to a fine of up to £17.5m. [optin-monster-shortcode id=”x9diax4uqquvbr6bcrbr”] Research by information management company EDM Group found that 76% of UK businesses say a large amount of mail and communications are incorrectly…

18 May

Village residents’ cat ‘eradication’ petition rejected by parliament

Residents of the village of Sawtry started a petition to “criminalise cat ownership in Sawtry” led by a local ailurophobe. The man referred to cats in the petition saying saying the village has “seen a drastic influx of certain unwanted pests” before going on to say “I would like to…

18 May

Online retail jumps 19 percent in April

UK online retail sales went from strength to strength in April, up 18.8 percent year-on-year (YoY) according to the latest figures. The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index showed it was the highest YoY increase since November 2016, despite the dampening effect of Easter falling in March this year. There was…

18 May

Direct Line Pet Insurance partners with Pet Drugs Online

Direct Line Pet Insurance has partnered with Pet Drugs Online, a vet-run supplier of online veterinary medication, to provide pet owners with the opportunity to purchase veterinary prescribed medication and have it delivered the following day. Pet Drugs Online is a supplier of veterinary medication and animal products licensed in…

18 May

PFMA speaks up at Future Farming Consultation

The Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA) spoke of its desire for higher standards of animal welfare on farms at the Defra Future Farming event. The PFMA has put together a three-year pet food vision which aims to ensure that products sourced by pet food manufacturers contain ingredients from farms with…

17 May

Mayhew to provide animal therapy as part of Mental Health Awareness Week

Mayhew has announced it has been sending Therapaws volunteers to Huckletree West in Shepherd’s Bush, London, in order to provide a break from the normal work schedule and promote the use of animals in providing happiness and wellbeing. The event aimed to help reduce social isolation, stress, and anxiety, whilst…