West Sussex

Healthy Pet Store partners with Canine Cottages

Healthy Pet Store has announced that it has teamed up with Canine Cottages, a company which offers pet-friendly holiday cottages across the UK. As part of the partnership, gold members and anyone booking one of Canine Cottages’ dog-friendly holiday homes will receive a £5 voucher code to spend online and…

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Henry Bell Wild Bird Care appoints new sales agent

Henry Bell Wild Bird Care has appointed Mike Mills to its national network of sales agents. In his new role, Mills will represent the brand across Kent and East and West Sussex, with sole responsibility for garden centre and country store customers in the region. Mills, who set up his…

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Pets Corner to expand business after securing new funding

Pet care retailer, Pets Corner headquartered in West Sussex has secured an eight-figure funding package from HSBC UK to support its growth nationally and internationally, and to create up to 320 jobs nationwide. Pets Corner which is owned by Pet Family operates 150 stores across London and the South East…

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Petributes releases new Cockapoo urn

Petributes, the supplier to the pet funeral sector, has released a Cockapoo urn, which is available now. The Cockapoo boosts the range of Petributes’ figurine dog urns to more than 20 breeds. All urns are individually designed by a West Sussex based sculptor, who undertakes research into the breed, by…

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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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Healthy Pet Store wins national retail award

An independent pet retailer, Healthy Pet Store, has been awarded the ‘Bricks ‘N’ Clicks’ award at the Modern Retail Awards. The Southampton store delivers to Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight Managing director Deborah Burrows said: “I was absolutely delighted that Healthy Pet Store won a…

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Pets Corner opens new Billingshurst store

Pets Corner has announced its expansion into Billingshurst with a new store, alongside the opening of a new spa in its Beaconsfield and Woking Horsell venues.  The shop, which opened in West Sussex this month, features services such as nutritional advisers, fitting services, a health club, and free on-site parking. …

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Pets Corner reopens further 12 garden centre sites in UK

Pets Corner has reopened a further 12 sites in garden centres across the UK amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Following discussions with landlords, Pets Corner has announced the reopening of its sites in Braintree Garden Centre, Crawley Garden Centre, Longacres, Melbicks, Palmers and Warerslide, alongside six Dobbies Garden Centres in Essex,…

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Medivet announces first dog blood donor day in West Sussex

Veterinary led group, Medivet 24 Hour Faygate is inviting dog owners and their pets to its first blood donor day on Thursday 19 December.  Run by Medivet’s in-house blood donation service, VetBlood, the session is being laid on to ensure there is enough blood stock supply to last over the…

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Five newly confirmed cases of Alabama Rot

Five new cases of the deadly canine disease, Alabama Rot, have been confirmed in the UK as of today. Anderson Moores Veterinary Specialists confirmed the news in an update on their facebook page. The group confirmed a further five cases of cutaneous renal glomerular vasculopathy (often termed CRGV and sometimes…

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