UK’s Pet Care Trade Association changes its name

The UK’s Pet Care Trade Association is changing its name to the Pet Industry Federation in a move designed to establish the organisation as the pet industry’s foremost trade body. Structural changes will make the organisation truly user-led, giving members greater influence through associations for each sector of membership, according to a press release from the organisation. The Pet Industry Federation will operate as an umbrella organisation for the British Dog Groomers’ Association and the renamed UK Kennel & Cattery Association (formerly British Kennel & Cattery Association). Three new associations will be formed to join them: the Pet Retailers’ Association, the Pet Manufacturers and Suppliers’ Association and the Pet Services Association. All existing members will automatically become members of the associations relevant to their business. The UK’s Pet Care Trust, the charitable arm of the Pet Industry Federation, has simultaneously appointed Paul Miley as its new chairman. Paul Miley, managing director of Burgess Pet Care, is helping to drive the Pet Care Trust’s new direction, stresses the association.