Surrey

Surrey pet food store robbed of £4,000 worth of equipment and cash

Petfood Kingdom in Windlesham has been broken into and robbed of £4,000 worth of equipment and cash. The stolen items included charity money, iPads and money from the tills, while another nearby pet shop called Pet’s Corner was also broken into with nothing stolen. John Heather, owner of Petfood Kingdom…

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Company of Animals celebrates almost 40 years of helping animals

Founded in 1979 by Dr Roger Mugford, The Company of Animals began life with the creation of the original HALTI Headcollar. Dr Mugford has evolved the range into a comprehensive range of non-pull solutions for all types and sizes of dog. This includes the HALTI Optifit Headcollar which adjusts to…

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Innovation award for Bruce’s Doggy Day Care

 A Surrey-based dog crèche company has scooped a top business award. Bruce’s Doggy Day Care was crowned winner of the Business and Product Innovation category at the South East area finals of the 2018 FSB (Federation of Small Businesses) Celebrating Small Business Awards. The ceremony took place on 6 March…

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New pop-up exhibition about pet ownership opens

A team of historians from Royal Holloway and Manchester Universities are working on the first large-scale research project on the history of pets in British family life. The results will be on show in a pop-up exhibition Pets in the Archives, in the foyer of Hampshire Record Office from January…

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Pets at Home closes all of its Barkers stores

Pets at Home has confirmed the closure of all seven of its Barkers stores across the country by the end of March. Pets at Home opened seven Barkers stores across the country in Bristol, Surrey, West Yorkshire, Marlow, London, Kent and Wilmslow. The shops were dog-centric outlets, offering toys, accessories,…

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The LondonCats International Show gears up for the weekend

The LondonCats International Show will see exotic felines competing and posing for internationally renowned judges, aiming to win championship titles and points towards the prize of the best cat in the world. This will be the last year at Leatherhead Leisure Centre as the show has outgrown its capacity. A ticket to…

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Best business award for doggy day care

A Surrey-based dog crèche company has scooped a top national business award. Bruce’s Doggy Day Care received the best small business accolade at the SME National Business Awards 2017 ceremony on Friday (1 December) at Wembley Stadium. The company was crowned winner in the ‘Business of the Year less than…

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VET Fest announces conference programme

VET Festival, in partnership with Centaur Services, has announced its 2018 conference programme comprising over 120 lectures, brand new subject areas and featuring over 30 speakers. Now offering a wider variety of forward-thinking CPD choice, VET Festival has added Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cardiopulmonary, Diagnostic Imaging and Nutrition. The conference programme…

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First training day for new Vet Futures student ambassadors

The Association of Veterinary Students (AVS) held the first training day for its new Vet Futures Student Ambassadors last Thursday. The day was hosted by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the British Veterinary Association (BVA), and supported by the Veterinary Schools Council. Two students each from the…

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Dog saved from stomach full of gravel

A young dog has been saved by PDSA vets after filling her stomach full of gravel from her owner’s garden. Bella, a one-year-old French bulldog, was rushed into the vet charity’s pet hospital in Croydon after her owner, Victoria Sherrin, noticed she had suddenly gone off her food and was…

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