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Spectrum Brands pet division has appointed Dan Lowndes as its new trade marketing manager for Tetra.
Peregrine Livefoods has appointed Darryl Chapman as head of sales.
Terri Roberts, HR manager of North Wales-based retailers Farm and Pet Place, was awarded the title of Manager of the Year 2013 at the Network She awards.
Due to expansion, Northamptonshire-based Easitill Retail Systems has recruited a new regional customer support manager.
Samuel Cohen has joined the executive team at Absorption Corp as the company’s new vice president of sales & marketing.
Pat Flynn, publisher of Garden Trade News, is to take on an additional role as trade association manager of PetQuip with The Federation of Garden & Leisure Manufacturers.
Mars Petcare, owner of leading pet food brands including Pedigree, Whiskas, Cesar and Sheba, has appointed Mike Hemming to the role of channel director.
Lynda Ward, owner of Pet Trade Solutions, the industry’s Recruitment Specialist, says 30 years in the pet trade has gone like a flash and she has enjoyed every minute.
After nearly a quarter of a century of service with GWF Nutrition, Aubrey Cartledge has retired.
Aubrey was in charge of buying in the raw materials that make up GWF Nutrition’s high-spec feeds for horses, dogs and camelids.
Aubrey was in charge of buying in the raw materials that make up GWF Nutrition’s high-spec feeds for horses, dogs and camelids.
3P Enterprise has apppointed Paul McLaughlin as sales agent covering the North West.
United States Association of Reptile Keepers founder Andrew Wyatt has resigned as CEO and president of the organisation.
Tom Noble has been promoted from sales manager to sales director at New Era Aquaculture in recognition of his performance at the award-winning Yorkshire fish food manufacturer.
Nicola Beet has been appointed category manager for pet care at Gardman. Nicola takes up this new role following the company’s pet care category launch in June last year.
Husband and wife team Andy and Caroline Furse have opened a new pet and equine shop in Yelverton, Devon.
Cirencester Saddlers proprietor Laurence Pearman is the new president of The Society of Master Saddlers.
Katie Brett has joined the marketing department at Beaphar UK as pet product manager.
Kate Hayward has been appointed Dengie Horse Feeds area sales manager for the North of England.
Holly Salmon has joined Supreme Products, the leaders in equine show preparation products, as area sales representative for the South.
Pet Brands has apppinted Hannah Cotterill as UK direct sales co-ordinator.
Jonathan Oates has joined Merseyside-based accessories wholesaler Eden Petz as a sales executive.
Bern Pet Foods UK has appointed Alan Peters and Sean O’Neill as account managers to join its growing sales team.
Marc Ballu is joining Hozelock as CEO from new parent company Exel Industries.
Ceva Animal Health has appointed Alan Doyle as its new managing director with responsibility for the UK and Ireland.
Nigel Baker has been appointed chief executive of the Pet Care Trade Association and the Pet Care Trust.
Steve Charman, purchasing director of retail chain Pets Corner, was named PET Personality of the Year at the International Pet Conference in Prague last week.
Tim Gooders has joined Liberta UK as commercial manager, heading up sales and marketing.
Lizzy Wadey has joined feed company TopSpec, known for its range of feed balancers and other horse feeds, as an equine nutritionist.
Dodson & Horrell has appointed Samuel Horrell to the board of directors.
A pet bedding producer has kicked off a major recruitment drive by strengthening its senior management team. Plevin has made a series of key appointments across its transport, training and HR departments.
Burgess Pet Care has appointed a new assistant brand manager. Matt Hawkins is looking after PR and communications for Burgess as well as managing a range of external relationships.
Experienced journalist Neil Pope has joined the PATS team.
Marketing communications executive Anna Prest is set to drive new projects at Hertfordshire-based nutritional supplements firm Lintbells, after a five-year career with Royal Canin.
Christina Eland has joined pet iced treat brand Billy+Margot as marketing assistant.
New Era, the Doncaster-based fish food specialist, has appointed a marketing manager to ensure the company takes full advantage of its latest advances within the aquaculture marketplace.
Bestpets continues to add to its customer care team with two new recruits.
He has moved from GA Petfood Partners (Golden Acres), where he spent the last eight years developing and promoting the manufacturer’s platinum range of products into the independent pet retail trade.
North West-based manufacturer and wholesaler Bamfords Top Flight has appointed Dawn Stephenson as sales executive for the Northern area of the UK.
Daniel Tigu has been appointed senior director of global sourcing at Germany-based Karlie Flamingo.
A manager with an expanding pet and country store chain has reached the finals of a leading retail leadership award.
Emily Brown has joined the nutrition team at Dengie Horse Feeds for a one-year work placement after gaining a degree in equine sports therapy from Writtle College, Essex.
GA Pet Food Partners is strengthening its Platinum team, which offers own label pet food in only seven days to individual pet shops
Sophia Crate-Fox has moved from Company of Animals to Pooch & Mutt, the UK’s first ethically-accredited pet supplement specialist.
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Tatiana Suarez Parra has joined the KONG team as business development manager.
Sophie Whiteley-Emminger has assumed responsibility for managing European sales at UK company Sure Flap, which manufactures microchip-controlled cat flaps.
A team from Kennelpak – Ken Davies, Colin Lewis, Dan Constance and Gareth Challans – climbed the highest peaks in Scotland, England and Wales in 24 hours, a feat that included 22 miles of walking, 11 hours of driving and 9,700 feet of climbing!
Louise Gibson has joined the sales and marketing team at Healthy Paws.
Christian Rahn (39) has been appointed director trade marketing for the international marketing activities of the Pet Products Group (Karlie Heimtierbedarf GmbH and Flamingo NV).
Jodie Baker, equestrian sales manager at Torne Valley Farm and Country Stores in Tickhill, South Yorkshire, is the first person to complete the new HorseHage and Mollichaff Stockist Training Programme.
Andrew Werendel has joined Nishikoi Aquaculture as commercial development manager.
Hannah Miller has joined the RSPCA in the new role of licensing executive as part of the expansion of the team working on the charity’s licensing campaign.
New Era, the international fish food specialist, and Red Sea Aquatics UK, the international reef product expert, have consolidated their recently-established partnership with the expansion of their sales effort.
Newly-formed trade body the European Union Association of Reptile Keepers (EUARK) has appointed Tony Jones as its head of communications.
Mark Hoskins has been promoted to managing director at Interpet having joined Interpet’s field sales team at the age of 18 and has gained extensive experience in all areas of the business including the supply chain, operations and sales.
Virginia Harvey has joined Beaphar UK as pet product manager.
Anny Collett, general manager of Not Just Pets in Bath, has won the Pet Product Retail Association Young Retailer of the Year award for 2012.
Janet Nunn, chief executive of the Pet Care Trade Association, has been re-elected vice-president of the European Pet Organisation for a third term at its AGM held at Interzoo.
Rhodesian ridgeback sisters Jess and Tara have joined Martin Fletcher and two friends on a 1,200 mile walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
Nigel Bateson, of Envirosmart Products, which owns and markets SmartBedz Universal Bedding & Litter, is taking on a new challenge.
Twenty men and women have joined the RSPCA’s 265-strong team of inspectors, following their graduation ceremony.
A World Horse Welfare supporter, who raised more than £2,000 after organising an On Horses For Horses round-the world challenge ride, is now taking on an equally big task for the charity.
Nutritional supplements firm Lintbells has undertaken a major staff recruitment programme after demand from the veterinary industry surged by more than 300% in the space of a year.
Animal lover Emma Swann has joined the Mutneys team as show van co-ordinator.
Hilton Herbs is celebrating after a year of strong sales and has taken on two more staff to manage the workload.
The Pet Care Trade Association has appointed Keith Aldis, aged 52, as the new chair of the board.
Miranda Sambles has joined Mars Petcare UK as the company’s new marketing director. She joins Mars from Pepsico, where she was senior brand director and led the Walkers crisps brand for the last five years.
Finn O’Sullivan has been appointed business development manager for Ireland by horse feed company TopSpec.
The Association for the Scientific Study of Veterinary and Animal Physiotherapy has appointed Dr Gail Williams as head of education and training.
Horse & Country TV has made two new appointments designed to accelerate the channel’s roll-out into international markets.
Dengie Horse Feeds has appointed Ryann Walker as its new area sales manager for Scotland and Border Counties.
Dieter Hagen has been apppointed vice-chairman and executive vice-president of sales for Rolf C. Hagen Inc. Dieter joined the company in 1959 after it was founded by his brother, Rolf C. Hagen, in 1955.
Collarways, importer and distributor of well-known US brands, such as Lupine, Tuffy and Zogoflex, will be trading as a limited company from April. At the same time Katie Goldsmith will join the company as a shareholder and director.
Guy Blaskey, founder of Pooch & Mutt, is running the London Marathon on April 22, raising funds for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.
