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Natures Menu launches raw expert course for retailers

Natures Menu has launched a new course for retailers wanting to further their knowledge and understanding of raw feeding. The Raw Expert course aims to enable raw stockists to become expert specialists in raw pet foods. It’s designed to provide in-depth information about nutrition and raw pet food production. Created…

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Raw food company fined for out-of-date pet food

A pet food company supplying raw food has been found guilty and fined over £11,000 and it’s director nearly £6000 for keeping out-of-date food. Landywood Pet Foods Ltd, based in Rugeley, and its director, Janet Meyer, were fined a combined total of over £17,000, reports the Lichfield Mercury. The company pleaded…

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Unemployment falls to lowest level for 11 years

The latest UK jobs figures show the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level for 11 years. Self-employment has increased by 213,000 since the same time last year, now totalling 15.1 percent of all those in work. The figures show there are 23.24 million people working full-time, an increase…

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Bromley pet shop wins retailer of the year award

A Bromley based pet shop has been named as Independent Retailer of the Year at Bromley Business Awards. Waggles Pet Emporium, a family-run business, competed against four other finalists to take home the prize. The company started trading in 2001, offering home delivery and selling pet food and accessories at Bromley…

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Lily’s Kitchen expands with new treats

Lily’s Kitchen is expanding its range of complementary treats for dogs with the launch of three new additions to the Truly Naturals range. The three new additions will sit alongside Lily’s Kitchen’s already launched Little Liver Rewards making a range of four natural products: Mini Venison Sausages 60g, Crispy Pork Bites…

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Pet shop owner terrorised by teens

A pet shop owner was left feeling vulnerable when teenage girls harassed her within the shop. Carol Beaney, of Paws and Claws in Wellington, said the girls began throwing cauliflower around outside her shop “I think they had taken it from greengrocer Mary Jenkins a few doors down,” she said.…

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York pet store becomes ‘muesli free’

  A York pet store is planning to be ‘nuggets only’ but the end of the year, following the success of a ‘Muesli Amnesty’ in conjunction with Burgess Pet Care, which urged rabbit owners to swap unhealthy muesli for nuggets. James Nixon, the owner of Pets Pantry in Huntington, says…

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TRULINE by Pero recognised as number one dry dog food brand

TRULINE by Pero has been recognised as the #1 best UK dry dog food brand for 2016 by the Dog Digest. Truline is the ultra premium high meat and grain free dog food, developed by the UK’s leading pet nutritionists and freshly produced in the UK. Pero’s recipes are designed…

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EFRA report raises more questions on animal welfare than it solves, says PIF

The Pet Industry Federation (PIF), the trade association which represents the interests of 2,500 pet businesses, has cautiously welcomed the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Committee’s Report into animal welfare in England. The report, published on November 16, outlines a number of recommendations for robust new measures, including a ban…

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MP says animal welfare report is a ‘missed opportunity’

Angela Smith MP, a former Shadow Animal Welfare Minister and present member of the EFRA Select Committee, has given her response to the Select Committee report on Animal Welfare. She commented: “Today’s report by the EFRA select Committee into domestic animal welfare in England is I believe a missed opportunity to…

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