Industry News

More than 20 Dogs stolen from property in Lincolnshire

Police are investigating a report of a number of dogs being stolen from a property in Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire. It is believed that sometime between 10pm and 8am on Wednesday 23rd September, unknown offenders forced entry to the premises on Gainsborough Road and stole at least 20 dogs. All of…

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UK Inflation rate falls to 0 percent

The UK’s inflation rate has fallen from 0.1 percent in July 2015 to 0 percent in August 2015 according to the Office of National Statistics. The fall arises due to an increase in clothing prices and the downward change in motor fuel prices and sea fares. Rising prices of soft…

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PIF’s November forum to reveal pet sector’s brand performance

The UK will soon see the first robust sales tracking insights for the country’s pet food industry (non-grocery). The development follows the Pet Industry Federation’s (PIF’s) collaboration with market research specialists, GfK. Since January 2015, with the assistance of PIF, retailers have been contributing their monthly sales data which enables GfK to provide accurate and…

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Group 55 celebrate after winning award

It’s been a successful week for Group 55 who are celebrating after picking up another business award. The Ribble Valley based company was named Micro Business of the Year at the Be Inspired Business Awards (BIBA’s), beating off the competition from seven other local businesses. “Winning a BIBA is a…

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Blue Planet Aquarium to trial world’s first automated fish health monitor

Blue Planet Aquarium, Cheshire Oaks will showcase a novel automated fish health monitor for the first time. The monitor is the culmination of three years work in the laboratory of Dr Lynne Sneddon at the University of Liverpool. The Fish Health Monitor is a breakthrough in the field of fish…

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Petface awarded Pet and Wildlife Product of The Year at GLEE 2015

Petface’s ‘Loktop Mealworm Feeder’ has won pet and wildlife product of the year at GLEE trade show 2015. Adam Bowler head of Bird development said  “We recognise this is an enormous market, supplied by some large and established players so we didn’t want to rush in. “Our philosophy is to…

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PetQuip Awards’ winners to be announced on September 27

The winners of the PetQuip Awards 2015, held in association with PATS Telford, will be announced on Sunday 27th September in the Ludlow Suite at the International Centre, Telford. “We now know the winners and it wasn’t an easy decision for the judges this year’, said Pat Flynn, awards organiser.  ‘It’s…

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Pets Corner to donate plastic bag proceeds to charity

Major retail chain, Pets Corner, plans to donate proceeds from the sale of its single-use plastic bags to the Sussex-based charity Canine Partners. From the October 5th 2015 large retailers employing 250 or more full-time employees will need to charge their customers a minimum of 5p for most single-use plastic carrier…

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Baby Sulcata tortoises stolen from reptile centre

  Two, eight-month old Sulcata tortoises were stolen from Lincoln Reptile and Pet Centre. The desert dwelling species were taken at 10:47am on 11 September from the family run business in Lincolnshire. Alyss Dickinson, pet shop owner said: “We put a lot of work into ensuring the health and well-being…

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The Guinness World Records of the animal kingdom

A rampaging reptile and a coordinated canine have made their way into the new Guinness World Records book. After researching and scouring the animal kingdom for over a year, the global authority on record-breaking achievement, announced the best new pet and animal records from the new Guinness World Records 2016…

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