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Pets at Home relaunches Brentford Pet Care Centre

Pets at Home has announced the re-launch of its new look Brentford Pet Care Centre as part of its investment programme to rollout new concept stores. This year, the group is investing in four either existing or new stores to create a ‘concept’ designed to deliver a customer-centric experience for…

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Pets at Home opens new Pet Care Centre in Hull after refurb

Pets at Home has announced that it has opened its new Pet Care Centre in Hull following an extensive refurbishment. The new look 7,552sq ft Pet Care Centre features a state-of-the-art veterinary practice. It also gives customers access to a brand new concept store with more space for products, interactive…

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Jollyes to open new stores in Hull and Reading

Jollyes has announced that it is set to open its final two stores of the year in Hull and Reading on 24 November. Each of the flagship stores will employ a team of 12 to support it and feature a Raw Food shop-in-shop, Jolly Groomer and a Community Pet Clinic.…

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Jollyes delivers ‘best-ever’ results as sales rise to £33.7m

Jollyes has delivered its “best-ever” results as total sales in Q1 soared 33.6% to £33.7m compared with £25.3m the prior year. For the 13 weeks to 27 August 2023, like-for-like sales were also up 23%, a step up from the 17% like-for-like rise Jollyes achieved in FY23. The group said…

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The Pack launches new plant-based dog food

The Pack has announced it plans to launch a new range of plant-based dog food early this year, having successfully closed a pre-seed investment round. The food technology start up’s range will consist of three different flavoured plant-based wet foods for dogs which have been formulated by food scientists, pet…

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RSPCA officer attacked during swan mission

An RSPCA officer was attacked by a group of teenagers whilst trying to rescue a swan, the animal charity has reported. Animal welfare officer Leanne Honess-Heather was helping a swan who had become tangled in a fishing line when she was approached by five male teenagers in Hull, East Yorkshire.…

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Johnston & Jeff celebrate 140 years with £1m factory expansion

Bird seed manufacturer Johnston and Jeff has announced a £1m expansion to its factory, amid its 140th anniversary celebrations. The investment is funding a new 12,000 sq ft warehouse, and a four-fold increase in pallet bays, from 485 to 2,000.  It will also see Johnston and Jeff build new offices…

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Southampton is the UK’s most ‘pet-friendliest’ city, study suggests

Southampton is the pet-friendliest city in the UK for renters, according to insurance company Towergate. Ranking factors in the study included the percentage of available rentals with a garden, percentage of available rentals listed as ‘pets allowed’, affordable rentals listed as ‘pets allowed’, lack of pet owner rent price ‘penalty’…

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Council fines for not microchipping a dog vary by 500 percent

The fines issued to pet owners by councils to those who have failed to microchip their dog as legally required vary nationwide, with some councils fining individuals five times as much as in other areas. Ahead of the second anniversary of the compulsory microchipping law, Pets at Home submitted Freedom…

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‘Thousands’ of dangerous animals kept as pets in the UK

Crocodiles, zebras, lions, tigers and cobras are just some of the wild animals kept legally on private property across the UK, figures have revealed. More than 300 venomous cobras, vipers and rattlesnakes are owned by members of the public, an investigation by the Press Association has found. Big cats including 13 tigers, two…

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