Wildwood Pets of Stamford, Lincolnshire, was named Independent Retailer of the Year at this week’s PetQuip Awards 2025.
Pets Corner picked up the award for Multiple Retailer of the Year at the same event, which saw more that 300 suppliers, retailers and industry professionals coming together to celebrate the creativity and achievement of the UK pet sector.
A total of 16 awards were presented at the evening dinner event, which took place at Birmingham’s National Conference Centre during the recent PATS show. Silver award and highly commended runners-up in most categories were also recognised.
New categories for this year included awards for Online Retailer of the Year and The Rising Star Award, which included a £1,000 bursary. Ann Child from Fold Hill Foods was presented with the Lifetime Achievement at the end of the evening.
Joe Denham, director general of PetQuip, said: “We were proud to host the PetQuip Awards, recognising the talent and innovation which is so special in this sector.
“The awards night truly represents the heart and soul of this industry, a mix of serious business, networking and pure entertainment. We are very grateful for the support of our sponsors, entrants, winners, judges and our brand new venue.”
The event’s headline sponsor was Leopard Co. A full list of award winners follows below.
PetQuip Awards 2025
Supplier of the year
Sponsored by Pet Sourcing Fair China
Gold winner: Law Print & Packaging
Silver: Durham Animal Feeds
Highly commended: Buitelaar
Business service of the year
Gold winner: Behavet
Silver: iPET Network
Most promising new starter business
Sponsored by Interzoo
Gold winner: LitPet Supplement
Silver: AniVatio
Highly commended: It’s the Dogs (sub brand of Protein Ball Co)
Product of the year: food & treats
Sponsored by PPM
Gold winner: Veggie Superfood Boost from Dougie’s Pets
Silver: Dog Eclairs from Ruffingtons
Highly commended: Doggy Doggy Yum Yum Frozen Treat from Baboo Gelato
Highly commended: Frozzys Happy Gut Yogurt Squeeze from Frozzys
Product of the year: healthcare and grooming
Gold winner: Quick Stop by Bray from Bray Group Ltd
Silver: LitPet Pawsitive Powder-Stress relief and calming supplement for dogs from LitPet
Highly commended: Buddycare Paw & Nose Balm from Buddycare
Product of the year: accessories and technical
Sponsored by Zoomark
Gold winner: The Muzzle Movement Size Harry 2.0 from The Muzzle Movement
Silver: Hurtta Safeguard Harness ECO
Sustainability award
Sponsored by CIPS
Gold winner: Grub Club
Silver: Nilaqa Pets
Highly commended: Buitelaar Group
UK retailer of the year: multiple
Sponsored by Buddycare
Gold winner: Pets Corner
UK retailer of the year: independent
Sponsored by Copdock Mill Wholesale
Gold winner: Wildwood Pets
Silver: Our Pet Village
Highly commended: Joywyns Pet and Country
UK retailer of the year: online
Sponsored by China Pet Industry Association
Gold winner: The Muzzle Movement
Silver: Tug-E-Nuff
Highly commended: Kavee
International retailer of the year
Sponsored by PATS
Gold winner: Pet Lovers Centre
Best marketing campaign
Sponsored by PBW News
Gold winner: Tug-E-Nuff’s ‘BOB Launch’ campaign
Silver: Frozzys’ ‘Happy Gut Healthy Pet’ campaign
Highly commended: Naturo Natural Pet Food’s ‘Naturo Dogs Don’t Care What They Eat. Naturo Do’ campaign
Rising star
Sponsored by Noble Futures
Gold winner: Jake Foster from Grub Club Pets
Employee of the year
Sponsored by Uniexpress
Gold winner: Liane Avery from Pet Trade Innovations
The Theresa Swann Award: exporter of the year
Sponsored by GBH Exhibition Forwarding
Gold winner: We.pet Independent Pet Wholesale
Silver: Bugalugs Pet Care
Lifetime achievement
Ann Child from Fold Hill Foods
