Surrey

Veterinary practice adopts beehive

A Surrey based veterinary practice has adopted a beehive. Oak Barn Vets has taken on a beehive from UK sustainability business, Plan Bee Ltd. The Guildford based vets will welcome around 60,000 new visitors to the large grounds surrounding their 400-year-old barn location in the Surrey Hills. While the team at…

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Woman gets two year pet shop ban

A Birmingham women has been disqualified from keeping a pet shop for two years. On July 6, at Birmingham Magistrates Court, Jadwiga Ewa Grum, 37, admitting to selling animals from her Erdington home without a license. Grum pleaded guilty to one offence under the Pet Animals Act 1951, keeping the premises as…

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Petplan and ADCH Animal Charity Award winners announced

  The winners of the Petplan and Association of Dogs and Cats Homes Animal Charity Awards were announced this week in a glittering ceremony at Birmingham’s Hilton Metropole. Petplan’s head of marketing, Isabella von Mesterhazy, comments: “We’re delighted to announce the deserving winners of the Animal Charity Awards 2016. All…

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Croydon Cat Killer strikes again

The so-called Croydon Cat Killer is alleged to have claimed two more victims in a three-day time frame. It is believed that over 50 cats across London may have been mutilated by the serial cat killer. With bodies being found dumped across north London and Surrey. The deaths were reported by…

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Beco Pets launches new dog food at PATS

Beco Pets has launched its biggest range yet. The eco-friendly company has dubbed its new products ‘Britain’s most eco-conscious dog food’. After two years of secret research and development, the award-winning company revealed details of its new food for the first time to delegates attending the PATS Sandown expo in…

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PATS Sandown will be host to impressive new exhibitors

PATS Sandown is set to be even popular this year with a host of new and international exhibitors as well as the industry’s big-name brands, all of which will be showcasing their 2016 launches over two action packed days on March 22-23. A total of 140 companies will be showcasing their new products,…

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Veterinary practices receive cheques for £4,000

Independent Vetcare Ltd has given five of its practices cheques for £4,000 each. The company has been running a practice competition to boost its preventative healthcare scheme – Pet Health Club – in conjunction with Bayer Animal Health. Participating practices were spit into four categories based on their Pet Health Club penetration rate…

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PATS Sandown has sold out!

Pet industry trade show, PATS Sandown, has sold out of exhibitor space with two months still to go before the show.  The two day event takes place in the Surrey and Esher Halls at Sandown Park on Tuesday 22 March and Wednesday 23 March 2016. Over 140 companies are expected to exhibit…

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Pets at Home opens its first ‘concept convenience’ store

Pets at Home has launched its first concept convenience store, targeting high street shoppers. Whiskers ‘n Paws opened in Dorking, Surrey on December 4. It focuses on the needs of cats and dogs and offers a range of services including grooming, bath and blow dry, puppy grooming and nail clipping. Wayne Kemp, group development…

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Nutriment’s founder wins The Artemis Award

Suzanne Brock, the owner of Nutriment pet food, has been named the winner of The Artemis Award. The category was sponsored by Crystal Clear Skincare and open to inspirational women who had been trading from between 18 months and three years. The businesswoman received the plaudit as part of the thirteen annual NatWest everywoman…

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