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Pets at Home drops new Skegness store after recruiting and training staff

Pets at Home’s new Skegness store will not open despite the pet retail giant recruiting and training staff ahead of…

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Shigezo Kamihata posthumously awarded 2018 OFI Award

Shigezo Kamihata, founder of Kamihata Fish Industries, has posthumously been awarded the 2018 Ornamental Fish International (OFI) Award for his pioneering…

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Retail consumer spending sees sharpest drop since 2012

Consumer spending has suffered its sharpest drop in six years, according to Visa’s latest consumer spending index. Spending in-store fell…

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Blue Cross ‘pleased’ with Efra inquiry into Dangerous Dogs Act

Blue Cross has said it was ‘pleased’ to see that the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee (Efra) was launching…

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Pet food company to hold mental health awareness event

A pet food company, Poppy’s Picnic, has held an event for care home residents in order to support Mental Health…

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‘Pawternity leave’ introduced at Cambridge company

A Cambridge company has introduced ‘pawternity leave’ for employees with newborn puppies, to allow them time to help the animals…

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Smartphone purchases account for 54 percent of UK retail transactions, study finds

Retail purchases made on smartphones have seen a 66 percent increase in Q1 of 2018 compared to Q4 2017 according…

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MPs launch inquiry into Dangerous Dogs Act

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs committee has launched an inquiry into the legislation on dangerous dogs. There will be…

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Catipilla releases new cat climbing frame

Pet product manufacturer, Catipilla, has released its new range of cat climbing frames. The Catipilla climbing frames can be used…

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Pet food ingredients market to be worth $45.44bn (£33.3bn) by 2023

According to a new report the value of the pet food ingredients market is set to increase from $34.96bn (£26.9bn)…

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