Finalists for the PetQuip Awards

After a record number of entries, the PetQuip trade association in the UK has revealed the list of finalists for its PetQuip Awards. The winners will be announced at the industry awards dinner on 1 October, the first day of PATS Telford.

Spanning 11 categories, the awards include a mix of supplier, retailer and product categories, recognising products and people from across the trade. Launched this year, the New Starter Award acknowledges the many businesses which have entered the pet supplies industry over the last three years. Following preliminary judging, the entries have been shortlisted to finalists, who will be judged by an independent panel in early September.

The finalists for the Business Service of the Year are Antantics, DryDogs, Extremus Dog Training, Henry & Co, Pedigree Wholesale, Pet Trust, Puppy Tales, Slapton Holiday Cottage and Whitebeam Wood.

The finalists for the category Celebrating Green and Organic are Antantics, Blue Pet Co (Vital), Denzels, Di Filippo Legmani, Dogs 4 Wildlife, Dorwest Herbs, D-Style Ltd (Kompact9), Eddgy, Furr Boost, HayPigs!, Inter-Zoo Pet Products, Mr Bug, Naturaw, Nilaqua Pets, Petface, Poocher, RPFC Group Benyfit Natural Billy and Margot, Simply2, The Soap Story (Vital), Verm-X, Vitalin Cranswick Pet Products, Walker & Drake and Westland Horticulture.

The finalists for the Theresa Swann Exporter of the Year Award are Hownd, Macahl Animal Health and Mutney's.

The finalists for the New Starter Award are Aloise & Co Ltd, Antantics, Bark Avenue, Blue Pet Co (Vital), DryDogs, D-Style Ltd (Kompact9), Eddgy, Furr Boost, Gizzls, Hundhaus, Hugo and Ted, Oh So Precious, PawDaw of London, Pawer Water, Pet Trust, Petto Smart Nutrition (Vital), Poocher, Poorly Paws, Simon's Kitchen Raw Food, The British Glass Lady, The Buffalo Co (Vital), Tippaws, Trinkety Paws, Walker & Drake and Wrimes.

The finalists for the Product of the Year Award- Accessories/Technical are Aloise & Co Ltd, Bark Avenue, Cocopup London, Company of Animals, DogSpace, D-Style Ltd (Kompact9), Eddgy, No Fuss Fill (3 products), PawDaw of London, Paws in Earnest, Pedigree Wholesale (7 products), Pets Choice, Pets Love Scruffs, Poocher, Red Dingo (3 products), The British Glass Lady, The Dog-G8 Co, Trinkety Paws, Twiggy Tags and Yellow Dog UK.

The finalists for the Product of the Year Award – Food/Treats are BasicBxtch, Blue Pet Co (Vital), Burns Pet Nutrition, Butchers Pet Care, Denzels, Eden Holistic Pet Foods, Forthglade, Furr Boost, HayPigs!, Hownd, Kennelpak (2 products), Macahl Animal Health (2 products), Mackle Pet Foods, McAdams Pet Foods (2 products), Mealberry, Naturaw Nutriment, Percuro Pet Food, Pedigree Wholesale (9 products), Petto Smart Nutrition (Vital), RPFC Group Benyfit Natural Billy and Margot, Sabre Pet Food Wholesale (2 products), Snif-Snax (4 products), The Buffalo Co (Vital), Walker & Drake, Whitebridge Pet Brands and Wilsons Pet Food (4 products).

The finalists of the Product of the Year Award – Healthcare/Animal Grooming are Company of Animals, Dorwest Herbs, Gizzls, Henry & Co, MSD Animal Health, Pedigree Wholesale, Peregrine Live Foods, Pets Choice, Poorly Paws, ProTrainings Europe (2 products), The Soap Story (Vital), Watermans and Wrimes.

The finalists of the Supplier of the Year Award are Brambles, Burgess Pet Care, Butchers Pet Care, ChickenGuard, Furr Boost, GHS Direct Ltd, Harvest Pet Products Ltd, Mutney's, Naturaw, Pedigree Wholesale, Pet Trade Innovations, PowAir, RPFC Group, Benyfit Natural Billy and Margot, The Dog-G8 Co, Walker & Drake and We.pet.

The finalists for the UK Retailer of the Year Award are Cocopup London, Discount Feeds and Henry & Co.

The Lifetime Achievement Award will be announced on the night.