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PATS reveals New Product Award winners

David Rees — Sun, 27 Sep 2026 23:56:48 +0000

The pet industry’s latest innovations have been recognised with the winners of the PATS New Product Awards 2026 revealed. Supported by Leopard Co as the headline sponsor and by PBW News, alongside a number of category sponsors, the awards we presented at the close of the first day of this year’s PATS show (September 27). [...]

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PATS 2026 ready to greet the UK pet trade

David Rees — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:12:17 +0000

The Pet & Aquatics Trade Show (PATS) is gearing up to deliver “its biggest and most feature-packed show yet” when the doors open on Sunday (September 27). Taking place over three days in Halls 3 and 3A at the NEC Birmingham on September 27-29, PATS 2026 includes a host of new attractions for visitors as [...]

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PIF sets up new international arm for overseas exhibitions

David Rees — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:33:30 +0000

The Pet Industry Federation (PIF) has created PIF World, a new specialist company established to organise international exhibitions, delegations and market opportunities in association with PIF. The new arm has been set up to deliver a programme of international opportunities for British pet businesses, including UK Pavilions at Zoomark 2027 and the new Spoga Dog [...]

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Direct-to-consumer becoming multi-channel, says new report

David Rees — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:31:30 +0000

A new report into the direct-to-consumer (D2C) pet food market has shown how brands are increasingly shifting into the retail sector. The second edition of The D2C Pet Food Landscape, produced by Polish novel ingredient supplier Proteine Resources, studied the availability of D2C pet food products throughout Europe and found that only 34% of the [...]

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Years investigation finds no evidence of contamination

David Rees — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:08:27 +0000

Pet food brand Years has concluded an internal investigation and found no evidence of contamination in its food, but many dog owners remain unconvinced. The brand initiated a voluntary product recall of its meals in August, following a spike in reported cases of sudden bilateral dry eye in customers’ pets. Years began investigating on July [...]

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Purina backs regenerative farming practices

David Rees — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:05:57 +0000

Purina is providing funding, technical expertise and practical support for 110 UK wheat farmers to help them adopt regenerative practices. Through Landscape Enterprise Networks (LENs), around 8,000 hectares of UK farmland are now trialling measures such as cover crops, crop rotation, reduced soil disturbance, improved nutrient management and tree and hedgerow planting. New research commissioned [...]

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Burgess Pet Care names charity recipients

David Rees — Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:02:16 +0000

Burgess Pet Care has named Lincs Dobermann Rescue UK and HerOES Old English Sheepdog Rehoming as the winners of its 2026 Yorkshire Takeover campaign. The campaign invited members of the public to nominate rescue centres to receive food donations, with 20p from every bag of Burgess Supadog Rich in Salmon sold throughout the year contributing [...]

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Pedigree Wholesale expands Pawtential chew range

David Rees — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:07:21 +0000

Pedigree Wholesale is expanding its Pawtential collagen chews range with two new additions. Pawtential Lamb Collagen Chews and Pawtential Collagen Doughnuts have been created to meet the growing demand for functional and more natural chew options. Lamb Collagen Chews bring a new flavour to the Pawtential range, while Collagen Doughnuts offer a distinctive shape designed [...]

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Purina invests in premium food factory

David Rees — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 10:05:04 +0000

Purina is to invest 50 million Swiss francs (£46m) in its factory in Portogruaro, Italy, to meet growing demand for super-premium and specialist nutrition products, Founded in 1986, the Portogruaro factory has developed distinctive expertise in dry pet food production and is now a production site for some of Purina’s flagship premium brands including Purina [...]

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PIF calls for greater consistency in licensing fees

David Rees — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:01:16 +0000

The Pet Industry Federation (PIF) is calling for greater consistency and transparency in the way local authorities calculate Animal Activity Licence fees in England. The Federation’s latest review, based on Freedom of Information requests to local authorities, found significant differences in the way councils calculate fees under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) [...]

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