Covid
Covid-19 had a profound and lasting impact on the UK pet industry, reshaping consumer habits, retail operations, and supply chain resilience. Under this tag, Pet Gazette explores how pet shops, distributors, and petcare brands navigated lockdown restrictions, staffing challenges, product shortages, and evolving customer expectations. We also report on the post-Covid trading landscape โ including lasting shifts towards online sales, changes in in-store footfall, altered buying patterns, and recovery strategies. Coverage is tailored to support pet retailers and supply chain professionals adapting to the sectorโs ongoing evolution in the wake of the pandemic.
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Apr- 2020 -28 AprilCoronavirus
Dogs to be trained to detect Covid-19 in patients
Medical Detection Dogs has announced it will begin to intensively train six dogs in the hopes that they can detect the coronavirus strain in humans.ย ย The charity believes the dogs could provide a โrapid, non-invasiveโ diagnosis of the virus. It is now working alongside the London School of Hygiene and…
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28 AprilVeterinary
Willows appoints Dr Lara Dempsey to its โSoft Tissueโ team
Solihull-based Willows Veterinary Centre and Referral Service has announced the appointment of Dr Lara Dempsey to its soft tissue team. Dempsey graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2000 and spent several years in mixed practice before embarking on a career in small animal surgery.ย She joined the University of…
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28 AprilCoronavirus
UK economy not expected to recover until 2023, study suggests
The UKโs economy is not expected to return to normal until 2023 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report issued by economic forecasting group EY Item Club. The group has warned that it is likely to take three years for the UK economy to return to the…
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28 AprilBusiness Bites
Job support to be wound down, M&S dividend suspended, ventilator production slows, property market halts
Chancellor Rishi Sunack says he will wean the economy off his support schemes in a โgradualโ wind-down, to help prevent soaring unemployment on โexpiration dayโ. His announcement, made to MPs, came in response to concerns that a definite cut-off date would produce an explosion in redundancies and layoffs. Currently, the…
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27 AprilCoronavirus
ONS suspends โHigh Demand Basketโ survey data
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revealed that its increasing costs of online pet food has been suspended due to issues with the data collected. The โHigh Demand Basketโ survey revealed a 3.1% increase in price for the two weeks between 16-22 March and 23-29 March, with an average…
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27 AprilCoronavirus
Newcastle Dog & Cat Shelter to halts donations and rehoming work amid Covid-19 crisis
Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter has announced it is refusing donations and temporarily stopping its re-homing work, due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a statement on the Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelterโs website it said due to the latest government advice surrounding Covid-19, it is no longer able to accept…
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27 AprilBusiness Bites
Lockdown to persist says Johnson, clergy weigh in on behaviour of corona-corporations
The PM is back at his desk and says the lockdown must continue for the foreseeable future, and it would be premature to consider lifting now. After having been struck down with COVID-19 himself – and ending up in intensive care – the premier has finally convalesced and spoke from…
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24 AprilIndustry News
Burnham Pet Shop donates essential items to NHS staff amid Covid-19 crisis
The staff at Burnham Pet Shop in Somerset has donated essential items to NHS staff at Weston Hospital amid the Covid-19 virus. According to Burnham-on-sea.com, the pet shop staff has donated a wide range of toiletries items which include, shampoo and body wash and chocolates. The manager of the team,…
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24 AprilCoronavirus
Global pet trade writes open letter in response to end live animal trade
Global pet trade associations have teamed up with animal keeping organisations to write an open letter in response to calls to end all live animal trade amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Trade bodies from across the UK, Europe, USA and Canada have all added their names to the open letter, which…
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24 AprilCoronavirus
Government introduces new measures to protect high street
The business secretary has announced a new set of measures that will be introduced to protect high street businesses โunder strainโ from the ongoing pandemic.ย High street shops, and other companies facing financial difficulties, will now be protected from โaggressiveโ rent collection and asked to pay what they can as…
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