Cardiff

Apr- 2025 -

8 April

Pets Choice acquires Pettex Limited

Pets Choice has acquired Pettex Limited as from 6 April 2025, taking ownership of the Pettex Cat Litter and Small Animal business for an undisclosed sum. According to Pets Choice, the acquisition is a strategic move that supports increased volumes through its Cardiff Cat Litter Plant allowing the group “to…

Dec- 2024 -

17 December

Retailers

Jollyes makes first £5,000 NFRSA donation

Jollyes has handed over £5,000 to the National Foundation for Retired Service Animals (NFRSA) after beginning fundraising for the charity in October. Over the next 12 months, all Jollyes’ stores are raising money for NFRSA through collection boxes in their stores. Customer donations are being matched by Jollyes and the…

Nov- 2024 -

26 November

Retailing

Jollyes to open three new stores

Jollyes has revealed that it is set to open three new stores in Leyland, East Kilbride and Cardiff. The first opened on 16 November in Leyland, Lancashire on Towngate with the other two locations to open on Saturday 30 November. Alongside this, Jollyes has announced the first stage of a…

Oct- 2024 -

23 October

Retailers

Jollyes to open three stores before the end of the year

Jollyes has announced that it is set to open three new stores, in East Kilbride, Leyland and Cardiff, before the end of the year. The Leyland store will be the first to open on Friday 15 November, with a formal ceremony the next day. It comes as Jollyes stores across…

Feb- 2022 -

16 February

Pets Choice signs five-year lease agreement with ABP

Pets Choice has signed a five year lease and shipping agreement with ABP at the port of Cardiff, securing 18 permanent jobs. Pets Choice have been managing the cat litter manufacturing facility since the acquisition of “longstanding” pet healthcare brand, Bob Martin UK in 2019 and the brand is growing…

May- 2021 -

19 May

Charities

Dogs Trust extends art trail to raise funds for new rehoming centre

Dogs Trust has announced that it is extending its ‘A Dog’s Trail’ with Snoopy art into the towns of Caerphilly and Porthcawl, to raise funds for a new rehoming centre in Wales. The project was originally intended as a Cardiff-based event with 50-plus sculptures. However, the Dogs Trust has teamed…

Mar- 2021 -

12 March

Trade Organisations

Kennel Club Charitable Trust donates to Pet Food Bank Service

Pet Food Bank Service is “back on the road” again after receiving a grant from the Kennel Club’s Charitable Trust. So far this year, the undisclosed sum has allowed the charitable organisation to deliver around 3,008 pet meals. Based in Cardiff, the Pet Food Bank Service supports elderly and vulnerable…

Feb- 2021 -

9 February

Charities

Petplan donates £19,000 to Dogs Trust

Dogs Trust Cardiff has announced it has received a donation worth £19,000 from the PetPlan Charitable Trust. The money will go towards funding a kennel at the charity’s new state-of-the-art rehoming centre in South Wales. The expected completion date for the centre is April 2021. The booked kennels block will…

Jan- 2021 -

28 January

Charities

Online ‘dog treat’ searches reach record high

Online searches for “dog treats” has reached an all-time high in the UK, according to newly released Google search data. The search data analysis, commissioned by a dog-friendly holiday park in Devon, has revealed that searches for dog treats rose 82% year-on-year in December. The data also showed that Plymouth…

Apr- 2020 -

3 April

Coronavirus

Pet hospital destroyed by Storm Dennis reopens for emergency cases

A veterinary hospital that was “completely devastated” by Storm Dennis, is set to re-open for emergency cases as the coronavirus crisis continues. Valley Veterinary Hospital in Gwaelod y Garth, near Cardiff, will re-open its 24-hour emergency service next Monday, keeping strict social distancing guidelines from the RCVS in place. The…