Warrington

Jollyes unveils new Chester pet superstore

Jollyes has opened its first Chester store at 2B Chester Retail Park, Old Seals Way. The new store will provide pet owners in Chester access to Jollyes’ raw food frozen ‘shop-in-shop’ and a community pet clinic which will open later this year. The opening has also created 12 jobs and…

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Jollyes names opening date for new Chester store

Jollyes has announced that it will open its first Chester store at 10.00am on Friday 16 August. The store, at 2B Chester Retail Park, Old Seals Way, Chester, will open a unit vacated by Poundland earlier this year. The new Chester store, which will create 12 jobs, will be led…

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Pets Pantry NW secures £150k funding to acquire Stockton Heath pet store

Warrington-based Pets Pantry NW Limited, a newly formed company, has secured £150,000 in funding from River Capital’s Business Growth Loan Fund to acquire the trade and assets of Pets Pantry, a long-standing retail pet store in Stockton Heath. The acquisition will be led by Georgina Egerton and Ellis Walker, two…

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Jollyes to open in Warrington

Jollyes has announced that it is set to open a new store in Warrington on 27 May. The new store will have a team of 10 and will be led by Jason Chapman who has joined the company from McColls. It will provide pet owners in Warrington access to Jollyes’…

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Jollyes acquires Penparc as turnover hits £86m

Jollyes has announced it is acquiring Midlands-based Penparc Pet Centre Group to help accelerate its growth, whilst reporting its full-year turnover hit £86m, up by 15% against the prior year.  With the support of HSBC, Jollyes has bought Penparc’s five stores in Cannock, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, West Bromwich and Telford. The…

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The Vet announces re-opening of centre in Bristol

Veterinary clinic The Vet has re-opened its centre in Bristol, with an open event on 10 July, including behind the scenes tours, activities for the kids, face painting and competitions. The centre has six consultation rooms, four operating theatres, X-ray, ultrasound and an in-house laboratory. The new Bristol Veterinary Centre…

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Warrington vet surgery named in UK’s top 25

A Warrington vet surgery has been named in the top 25 best practices in the UK thanks to ratings from pet owners. Beech House Veterinary Centre, part of Willows Veterinary Group, has seen its excellent care and customer service recognised in Vet Help Direct’s annual ‘Best UK Vets’ awards. Vet…

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Heights Farm Premium Pet Foods expands adding five new outlets

Heights Farm Premium Pets Foods, is set to expand its business with the launch of new franchise outlets in Stockport, Altrincham, Warrington, Southport and Aston under Lyne. The new franchisees will deliver the company’s food via a fleet of vans which the company says will allow customers to “make considerable…

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VetPartners acquires the Northern Locum Agency

The Northern Locum Agency will be joining veterinary investment group, VetPartners, as the owner of the locum agency Julie Frost prepares to retire from the business she set up in a spare bedroom of her house in Warrington in 1987. The former qualified veterinary nurse built up one of the…

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Independent pet shop wins ‘Retailer of the Year’

Independent pet shop, Pets Pantry has won the title of ‘Warrington Retailer of the Year 2018’. The 38-year-old pet shop came top of a selection of “extremely high” nominees according to Warrington Business Awards, who described the winner as exemplifying “what a great collective ‘can do’ attitude we with have…

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