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 — 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 sector’s ongoing evolution in the wake of the pandemic.
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Mar- 2020 -11 MarchBusiness Bites
ROUNDUP: Business rates holiday announced by chancellor Sunak
In his maiden budget, the new chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced a £30bn fiscal stimulus package to help combat the impact of coronavirus on the British economy including a one-year total suspension of business rates for small retail, leisure and hospitality businesses. Headline measures include: A £12bn plan to provide…
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11 MarchEvents
Organisers cancel Petplan Veterinary Awards
The Petplan Veterinary Awards have been cancelled amid the recent coronavirus developments across the country. The awards were due to have taken place on 2 April in conjunction with BSAVA Congress in Birmingham, which is still set to go ahead as planned. In a statement, organisers for the event said:…
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10 MarchBusiness Bites
Banks to help us all out with coronavirus fallout
Once again the business pages on all major news outlets are pretty much dominated by the developing story of coronavirus – every sector has some kind of tale to tell. So here is the roundup from today. RBS said it will allow mortgage holidays for people who are forced to…
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10 MarchVeterinary
Vet Help Direct launches new video platform amid Covid-19 outbreak
Vet Help Direct is launching its new video platform to help veterinary practices contingency planning for a Covid-19 outbreak. The video platform will be available free of charge at this time to allow veterinary practices to continue to maintain cash flow and a service to their clients, even those unable…
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10 MarchBusiness
Calls for ‘discretionary business rates relief’ amid Coronavirus outbreak
Colliers International has called on the UK Government to consider and to fund a system of “discretionary rate relief” for businesses impacted by the Coronavirus. The commercial real estate company said this is one of the measures that could “alleviate business pain” in this week’s Budget. It added that against…
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6 MarchPet Owners
Joii offers advice to dog owners after dog tests positive to coronavirus
A Pomeranian dog in Hong Kong has been the first to test positive for coronavirus, and is currently being held in quarantine. Experts say this is likely to have been a human-animal transmission and the dog is not showing any visible symptoms of the infection. Veterinary care app, Joii said…
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6 MarchBusiness Bites
Flybe’s pensions in doubt; Poorest 20% no better off than before, 1m Virgin customers on unsecured database
Flybe’s pension pot for 1,350 current and former workers is at risk, as the fallout from one of the first casualties of the coronavirus business threat manifests in full. Flybe of course was already embattled before the new Covid-19 virus came along, and was the subject of a controversial bailout…
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5 MarchVeterinary
BVA responds to report of human-to-animal Covid-19 transmission
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has released its response to reports that a dog has tested positive for Covid-19 in what is “likely” to be a case of human-to-animal transmission. The Pomeranian dog repeatedly tested weak positive for the virus in Hong Kong, as confirmed by Hong Kong’s Agriculture, Fisheries…
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May- 2016 -10 MayVeterinary
Post-grads learn veterinary techniques
Post graduates in their second year of the Independent Vetcare’s New Graduate Academy have received instruction in Practical Suturing CPD. They’re the first group to take advantage of Vetoquinol’s advanced approach to wet lab CPD. The team followed a day of neurological lectures with a second day’s practical including a 20…
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