Leeds

Mars Petcare’s Birstall factory celebrates 30th anniversary

Mars Petcare’s Birstall factory, near Leeds, is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The site has been making pet care and treats products – including Pedigree® and Dreamies™ – since 1987. Over the last 30 years, the Birstall site has produced 40,000 tonnes of pet food products and provided jobs for multiple…

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A quarter of dog owners don’t pick up after their pets

Around one in four of dog walkers confess they don’t pick up their pet’s faeces, www.animalfriends.co.uk claims. The number was especially high in Gloucester with half of owners admitting that they don’t bother clearing up their mutt’s mess. Despite people being more likely to pick up after their dog, Wrexham has…

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Brand Britain expands into the pet sector

Brand Britain, a brand design agency working with some of the world’s leading brand owners and retailers, has announced plans to expand into the pet sector.  Following the success of its work in the grocery sector, Leeds-based Brand Britain is broadening its reach and expanding its packaging design, POS and…

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Royal Canin’s retailer training events are back by popular demand

ROYAL CANIN® now has over 70 trained specialist pet retailers working as ‘Retail Ambassadors’. They can recommend scientific health nutrition and help carry the brand message forward to pet owners.  The new ambassadors were created last autumn, during ROYAL CANIN®’s successful three months on the road, talking face to face with…

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RSPCA reveals its most amusing call outs

The RSPCA has revealed some of its funniest call outs from the last year, in a bid to banish Blue Monday sadness. Assistant director of the RSPCA inspectorate Dermot Murphy says: “We do get some bizarre calls. In one recent case we had a call from someone who was convinced there…

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Online pet supplier exceeds £6m turnover

Leeds-based online pet supplies store, Monster Pet Supplies, has reported turnover figures of £6.3m, an increase of 47 percent. The company, which was established in 2010 by Leeds-born founder Jonny Gould, was one of the many businesses in Kirkstall, Leeds which was hit by the Boxing Day storms, resulting in…

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New report reveals London’s ‘cat crisis’

Recently released figures from the Cat Population Control Group, suggest that London is undergoing a crisis. In 2015, one London borough reported more cat incidents than in the whole of Leeds. Cat Population Control Group comprises RSPCA, Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, Blue Cross, Cats Protection, iCatCare, PDSA, The Mayhew Animal…

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UK pet food delivery app launched

A Leeds based company has launched a pet food delivery app. Sponsored by (Nestlé) Purina, the Monster Pet Supplies – Pet Food Delivery App aims to give pet owners a super quick, hassle free shopping experience to order their pet’s favourites at the touch of a button. Encouraging uptake of the…

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Street Art Aims To Save Dogs

2010 is a year that always sticks in my mind. The RSPCA announced the shocking statistic that three dogs were abandoned every hour over Christmas. There’s a similar story every December as a percentage of pets bought as presents are returned or left without a home. Over 30 years after…

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UK’s first Seminar Led Debate on Raw Feeding for Veterinary Students

On February 20, natural pet food company Natures Menu organised a UK first, an independent seminar led debate on raw feeding cats and dogs with veterinary students. The students of LUVS, Liverpool University Veterinary Society turned out in droves to find out more about the much talked about topic, which…

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