Birmingham

HTA promotes Garden Retail Monitor at GLEE

The HTA is looking forward to welcoming visitors to its stands at GLEE. Members can attend a reception in Hall 20, stand H10 at 5pm – 6.30pm on September 13. Members can stop at the stand throughout the show to learn about the trade association’s latest initiatives, including training and market data, cost reduction and events. Staff…

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Skinner’s Pet Food to exhibit at GLEE Birmingham

Skinner’s Pet Foods will exhibit at GLEE, the UK’s leading gardening trade show. Find the company in Hall 17 on stand 17P76 at Birmingham’s NEC on September 12-14. Skinner’s has been manufacturing premium quality complete dry dog food for more than 40 years. The company produces an extensive Field & Trial…

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Fitz All Media acquires Brand Events Pet Portfolio

The Brand Events Pet Portfolio, including the National Pet Shows and Dogfest, has been acquired by Fitz All Media, the organisers of ONE LIVE Festival and The VET Festival. Fitz All Media was founded in 2009 by Professor Noel Fitzpatrick (The Bionic Vet, BBC1 and The Supervet, Channel 4) and has appointed Nicole Cooper…

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Huge increase of pets left unprotected against fleas

Vet charity PDSA is warning that nearly four million dogs and cats* are at risk of flea infestations this summer after findings show a huge increase in the number of animals left exposed to their harmful effects. The charity’s latest PDSA Animal Wellbeing (PAW) Report showed a decline since 2014…

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TSM sponsors BETA’s Social Media Award

PR and marketing company TSM will sponsor The British Equestrian Trade Association’s Social Media Award for the second year in a row. It will be one of ten BETA Business Awards designed to recognise individuals and companies making significant contributions to the equestrian industry. The winner of the award will be…

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Wyevale names new general counsel

Elizabeth Murray has been named general counsel and company secretary for UK-based Wyevale Garden Centres. Previously, Murray worked as a lawyer at in-house positions and in private practice in London, Manchester and Birmingham. She has focused on finance law. Murray has had in-house jobs for the utilities, alcohol and IT…

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Manufacturer launches new dropship service

An East Midlands-based manufacturer and importer is expanding its operation with the launch of a dropship service. Charles Bentley & Son hopes to enable retailers to easily expand their online home, garden and leisure product ranges without major upfront investment. The company has chosen garden trade event Glee at NEC Birmingham to unveil…

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Further details for Glee 2016 announced

Garden retailers, garden designers, landscapers and builders’ merchants looking to build their business will be heading to Glee 2016 on September 12-14 at NEC Birmingham. With just a few weeks to go until the doors open on the 2016 show i2i’s Matthew Mein, event director at Glee, shares further details on what…

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Woman gets two year pet shop ban

A Birmingham women has been disqualified from keeping a pet shop for two years. On July 6, at Birmingham Magistrates Court, Jadwiga Ewa Grum, 37, admitting to selling animals from her Erdington home without a license. Grum pleaded guilty to one offence under the Pet Animals Act 1951, keeping the premises as…

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Top winning Corgi fed on Albion

A top winning Pembroke Corgi Ch. Pemcader Thunderball (NBT) has had an exciting 2016 taking Best in Show at the breed Club’s Premier Championship Show. Followed this he also took Best in Show at Birmingham National Championship Show, beating 10,000 other dogs and then Reserve Best in Show at Southern Counties Championship Show as well…

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