Industry News
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Oct- 2016 -10 October
Tetra launches new 3D mobile app
Tetra has launched a new mobile app to help potential fishkeepers envisage how an aquarium might look in their home. The 3D app illustrates various Tetra aquariums allowing users to choose a tank which is the right size, shape, and colour for any room. Tetra hopes the launch will…
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7 October
Pet retailers offered easy way to enrol
Pet product retailers are amongst the 1.8 million businesses that need to establish and enrol their employees on to a Workplace Pension scheme by 2018, to avoid heavy fines, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). Some may need to act even faster. Ahead of Halloween 2016, FSB has…
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7 October
AQUARIAN® celebrates 40 years
Mars Petcare is celebrating 40 years commitment to AQUARIAN® this year. AQUARIAN® was founded by John Mars in 1976. His aim was to develop “a food that is superior to all others on the market, proven by laboratory controlled trials.” This vision remains today, with regular research taking place at Mars’…
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7 October
Shopper finds maggots in supermarket dog food
A shopper has found maggots in a tray of Aldi dog food which made her “almost sick”. Tricia Gardiner, of Middlesbrough, told The Gazette Live that she almost vomited when she opened the pack of Earl’s Select Supreme Cuisine and found maggots within. Aldi offered her a refund as well as an…
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6 October
SureFeed® Sealed Pet Bowl ‘highly commended’ at awards event
SureFlap® has been ‘highly commended’ in the Product Innovation of the Year category at the PetQuip Awards. The multi award-winning pet product specialist gained recognition for its innovative pet feeder, the SureFeed® Sealed Pet Bowl. The company was presented with the award at a special party for the pet industry on the first…
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6 October
Supa Ltd win award for garden giftware product
The Garden Décor range of metal animals is a big hit for Supa Ltd. The company won a second successive Best Giftware Product award at the PATS trade exhibition. The range was launched to the UK market at the start of the year. Since then it has grown to include a…
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6 October
Supa Ltd win award for giftware product
The Garden Décor range of metal animals is a big hit for Supa Ltd. The company won a second successive Best Giftware Product award at the PATS trade exhibition. The range was launched to the UK market at the start of the year. Since then it has grown to include a…
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6 October
Puppy farmers convicted of fraud
An Essex puppy dealer has been found guilty and is due to be sentenced alongside other conspirators. The dealers have pleaded pleaded guilty to fraud in connection with the breeding and selling of sick and dying puppies. Teresa Wade of Ship Lane, Aveley, in Essex, pleaded guilty to one offence of…
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6 October
Updating dog microchipping ‘needs a rethink’, claims MedicAnimal
Six months after the introduction of compulsory microchipping of dogs in England, Andrew Bucher, chief veterinary officer and co-founder of MedicAnimal, has questioned elements of the scheme and whether it can be effective in the long term. Figures reported last week by animal charity Dogs Trust show more than 4,700…
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5 October
Sponsor needed for assistance dog graduation ceremony
Sheffield charity Support Dogs is seeking a sponsor for its annual Awards and Graduation Ceremony which marks the successful completion of almost two years of training by this year’s assistance dog intake. The ceremony, which takes place on Sunday 20 November 2016 at the Royal Victoria Holiday Inn, Sheffield, will…
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