Wiltshire

Poppy’s Picnic wins ‘Business Start-Up of the Year’ at the Business Leader Awards

Poppy’s Picnic has won ‘Business Start-up of the Year’ at the Business Leader Awards, following on from wins at the Wiltshire Business Awards and finalist announcements in the upcoming Rural Business Awards and NatWest Great British Entrepreneur Awards. The competition judging panel, made up of experts in business and finance,…

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Poppy’s Picnic raises over £600,000 for new production plant

Poppy’s Picnic, Wiltshire-based raw pet food company, has secured over £600,000 through crowdfunding to launch its new production plant. The company secured a new 4,000sq ft manufacturing facility in Melksham, Wiltshire which will be operational in Q4 and support the production of online orders, enabling the business to expand its…

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Poppy’s Picnic nominated for the Rural Business Awards

Raw pet food company Poppy’s Picnic has been nominated for a Rural Business Award in the Business Start-Up of the Year category. Now in its fourth year, the Rural Business Awards are the only UK-wide business awards specifically for the rural sector and is sponsored by Amazon. Representing Wiltshire in…

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We Love Pets win ‘Emerging Franchisor Award’

We Love Pets, a family business set up nine years ago to help pet owners balance work pressures, holidays and busy lifestyles with the care of their pets, has been announced as the winner of the Emerging Franchisor Award category at the annual bfa HSBC Franchise Awards 2018. The bfa…

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Poppy’s Picnic wins the Business Start-Up Award at the Wiltshire Business Awards

Raw dog food manufacturer Poppy’s Picnic has been rewarded at the Wiltshire Business Awards where it won the Business Start-up of the Year category. The company also a finalist in the Outstanding Excellence Award category. The Wiltshire Business Awards are organised by Newsquest and were held this year at Centre…

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New raw food format for smaller dogs launched

The new Poppy’s Picnic Complete Meatballs are specifically suited to smaller dogs. Poppy’s Picnic raw dog food is handmade by 4th generation butchers in  Wiltshire. The new meatballs weigh 30 grams each and come in compartmentalised trays of 12, created for maximum convenience and to ensure less mess when feeding.…

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Hens enjoy free-range retirement

Thousands of hens have a free-range life thanks to two new trailers funded by Support Adoption For Pets. The Trust donated £8,500 to the British Hen Welfare Trust last year, which funded two brand new trailers for the charity’s Kent (Biggin Hill) and Wiltshire (Swindon) re-homing teams. Previously the teams had…

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Entries received for Pet Industry Federation Awards 2015

The Pet Industry Federation have announced the finalists in this year’s PIF Awards. This year’s finalists are: Pet Retail Chain of the Year – sponsored by Natures Menu Pets Corner, Warminster Independent Retailer of the Year – sponsored by Intelligent Retail Betty & Butch, Manchester Ingleby Pet Supplies, Teeside Nurture…

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Vet‘s Kitchen Brings Novel Approach to Grain-Free

As it celebrates its fourth year, Wiltshire-based Vet’s Kitchen, creator of advanced nutrition pet foods with its own small animal Veterinary practice (Vet’s Klinic), is launching three new super premium product ranges. The first new product is ‘Adult Sensitive Grain-Free’ dry dog food containing a single source ‘novel’ protein and…

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The British Equestrian Association Prove A Real Hit Down-Under at Equitana Melbourne 2014

The British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA) has returned from a successful visit to Australia, where it accompanied a group of British companies to Equitana Melbourne 2014 – the southern hemisphere’s largest and most popular consumer equestrian show. BETA executive director Claire Williams reported that the association’s trade mission, for which…

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