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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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Pets Choice acquires Vet’s Kitchen

Pets Choice has agreed a deal with Pets’ Kitchen for its premium pet food brand, Vet’s Kitchen, taking over responsibility of sales as from 1 June 2024. The Vet’s Kitchen brand, which primarily operates in dry dog and cat food, will join Pets Choice’s family of pet brand offerings, which…

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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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Harrison Family Vets opens new site in Doncaster

Independent and family-owned Harrison Family Vets has invested £350,000 in a new practice in Armthorpe, Doncaster, and has created six new jobs. Harrison Family Vets launched in the UK in 2021 with a practice in Woodley, near Reading, and then opened a practice in Kingswinford in the West Midlands, Didsbury…

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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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Harrison Family Vets receives Dog Friendly Clinic accreditation

Harrison Family Vets has been officially named as a Dog Friendly Clinic, which is a new scheme that was launched earlier this year by Dogs Trust and the British Veterinary Behaviour Association (BVBA). Harrison Family Vets has been recognised for its “exceptional” standard of care provided to dogs when they…

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Explore something new with Open College Network’s Dog Grooming and Canine qualifications

Are you passionate about Dog Grooming?  Do you want to train a new generation of Dog Groomers?  We are a leading Awarding Organisation for this sector. We offer 35 Ofqual regulated qualifications for this sector. Over 2,000 learners have successfully completed our Dog Grooming and other animal related qualifications over…

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RSPCA Cymru relieved Animal Welfare Bill passes committee stage

RSPCA Cymru has expressed its relief that the Animal Welfare (Sentencing) Bill has passed its committee stage. The charity has been calling for tougher sentencing for the worst animal abusers for years – and hopes that MPs from across the parties will come together to pass the Bill for the…

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Kennel Club backs autism charity

Autism at Kingwood has launched a new dog therapy programme to improve the quality of its clients’ lives, supported by funding received from the Kennel Club Charitable Trust. The Reading-based charity provides extensive support for people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome, offering therapy and educational programmes that support its clients. …

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Inflation jumps, physical money nearing the end, immigration to prioritise skills, £150m film studio to launch

Inflation has reached its highest rate in six months, at 1.8%, after the price of fuel and energy rose over the course of the last year. The consumer prices index (CPI) which measures the rate by monitoring the price of consumer goods, was expected to come in at 1.6%, so this…

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