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Jollyes to open new store in York

Jollyes has announced that it is set to open a new store in York on 20 September. The store at Monks Cross Shopping Park will open in a unit vacated by Tui travel earlier this year. The new store in York will create 12 jobs and will be led by…

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Harrison Family Vets open sixth practice in three years

Harrison Family Vets has invested £350,000 in a new practice in Tyldesley, Wigan. It’s the sixth practice that the independent and family-owned veterinary group has opened since 2021. Harrison Family Vets now has practices in Reading, the Midlands, Manchester, Stockton, Doncaster and Tyldesley, and it plans to open practices in…

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GDF appoints Principles to launch first cultivated meat product in UK

Cultivated pet food company Good Dog Food (GDF) has appointed Principles to help launch the first cultivated meat product for cats and dogs in Europe, starting with the UK market. Good Dog Food will produce cultivated meat for cats and dogs, which is actual meat produced by using cultivated cells…

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Pets at Home launches new grooming and veterinary brand identity

Pets at Home has partnered with brand and experience agency Household to launch its new brand identity for its veterinary and grooming services and bring it to life in its physical store locations. Its veterinary business will evolve to Vets for Pets, formerly Vets4Pets, while its grooming service will now…

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Sniffers partners with LBU to develop new own-brand products

Halifax pet treats company Sniffers Pet Care has partnered with marketing experts at Leeds Beckett University to develop its new ‘Naw’ own-brand products and enter new markets. A team of Leeds Business School academics will work with Sniffers Pet Care on the two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), which is part-funded…

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Jollyes to invest £1m to expand vet clinics

Pet retailer Jollyes has announced that it plans to invest £1m in vet clinics, grooming parlours and other pet services in its UK stores, over the next 18 months. Between now and the summer of 2024, Jollyes will double the number of stores that offer community pet clinics, double opening…

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IPN partners with ​Leeds Beckett amid sustainability initiative

Inspired Pet Nutrition (IPN) has partnered with academic experts at Leeds Beckett University on a new project to audit and reduce the carbon emissions of its full supply chain. The partnership is a two-year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) programme which will use a Carbon Footprint Evaluation Model to ensure IPN…

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High street footfall continues to lag behind pre-pandemic levels

Footfall levels remain 23% below pre-pandemic levels in February 2022 as rising costs are reportedly set to “batter” retailers from 1 April, according to RSM. The latest data from Datscha, analysed by RSM, shows the overall decline in footfall is the worst in London with numbers on Oxford Street down…

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Itch wins at Barclays Entrepreneurship Awards

Barclays has announced Itch, a Leeds subscription-based pet wellness firm, as a national winner at the Barclays Entrepreneur Awards held yesterday. It was named as the UK’s Scale-up Entrepreneur of the Year under the category which was sponsored by Propel Finance, which recognises entrepreneurs whose businesses are growing rapidly. The…

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Jollyes acquires The Pet Store chain in Yorkshire 

Pet retailer Jollyes has announced it is set to acquire The Pet Store and its three Yorkshire stores for an undisclosed sum.  The Pet Store currently employs 10 colleagues who will now join the 720-strong workforce across the Jollyes UK network.  Jollyes said the three stores will complement its existing…

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