Retailers

Sep- 2022 -

26 September

Jollyes prepares for Glenrothes store opening

Jollyes has announced it is putting the finishing touches to its new store in Glenrothes in Fife, the company’s latest store and fourth in Scotland. The store will open at Saltire Retail Park in Glenrothes on 8 October at 10.00am, with a line-up of events planned for the day, including…

12 September

Pets & Friends partners with Animal Friends Insurance

Pet care specialist retailer, Pets and Friends, has embarked on an exclusive partnership with Animal Friends Insurance. The new partnership will provide Animal Friends customers with exclusive offers for their pet’s birthday to spend online, alongside bespoke content and handpicked Pets and Friends product reviews to help with their pet’s…

8 September

iPET Network and Pets at Home announce new partnership

iPET Network has created an exclusive dog grooming qualification, the iPET Network Level 3 Diploma in Professional Dog Grooming (Exclusive to Pets at Home) in partnership with Pets at Home. The qualification, which is regulated by Ofqual, has been created especially for The Groom Room colleagues. It builds on the…

Aug- 2022 -

30 August

Dobbies Chesterfield welcomes first Carrick Vets branch

Dobbies, the UK’s garden centre retailer, has welcomed the national pet care provider, Carrick Vets, to its Chesterfield store. The veterinary practice, which boasts an operating theatre and digital x-ray facilities, has relocated from its previous site in Clowne. The new practice will offer current and future pet owners a…

25 August

Bugalugs launches in 220 Asda stores

British pet care brand, Bugalugs Pet Care, has secured a nationwide contract with Asda, which will see a range of Bugalugs products on the shelves of over 220 Asda stores across the UK. Bugalugs’ partnership with Asda began when the brand was selected to participate as the only pet grooming…

24 August

Jollyes to open two new Scotland stores amid almost £1m investment

Jollyes has announced it will open two new stores in Scotland following a £950,000 investment, with the new Glenrothes and Edinburgh sites taking Jollyes’ Scottish portfolio to a total of five stores. Recruitment is currently underway for the stores which will open at Glenrothes, Fife, on 24 September and Edinburgh…

17 August

Pets at Home to welcome newly trained HGV drivers

Pets at Home has appointed HGV training specialist HGVC to manage its HGV license acquisition programme and help to train up to 30 new HGV drivers for the group in the next 12 months. Pets at Home reportedly identified the need to recruit and train more “articulated” lorry drivers to…

15 August

Jollyes readies for Poole opening

Jollyes is planning an opening event for its new Poole store, as finishing touches are being put to its latest site, which opens at Unit 1C, Wessex Gate East Retail Park, on 20 August. The 5,000 square feet store will employ 10 colleagues, led by acting store manager Tom Amos. …

15 August

Denzel’s founders named Animal Food Entrepreneur of the Year

The founders of healthy dog snack brand Denzel’s, James Lacy and Nathan Perry, have received the Animal Food Entrepreneur of the Year 2022 award at the Food and Drink Heroes awards. Recipients of the award also include Mark Scott and Tony Ottley of Bella and Duke, Mathew Cockroft and Daniel…

12 August

Pets at Home raises £550k for Hearing Dogs charity

Pets at Home Group has pledged more than £550,000 to Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, marking the biggest donation the charity has received from a corporate partner in its 40-year history. The pledge has been made through the Pets at Home Foundation, the charity founded by the Pets at Home…