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May Newsletter

LAST CALL

Open Day and meet-the-buyer

The White House, High Street, Brasted TN16 1JE

Wednesday 7 December 2011

As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, we’re holding an Open Day at our headquarters in Brasted on Wednesday 7 December in conjunction with our latest meet-the-buyer event. It’s a chance for you to meet the PetQuip team, learn about our plans for 2012, network with fellow members and other industry contacts, pick up the latest copy of the A-Z guide to exporting, see the latest information in the federation’s library – and help us celebrate our 50th. For companies which are not yet members, we’ll explain our events and services and show you how we can provide real benefits and new business opportunities.

Alongside our Open Day is the meet-the buyer-event. We have two trade buyers for you to meet on this occasion: a garden centre from Dubai (also with an outlet in Abu Dhabi) and a Spanish online retailer of pet care products.

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To request a meeting with either or both of them, please complete and return the linked application form by Monday 21 November. We will contact you soon after with confirmation of the meeting slots that have been allocated to you.

Format of the day

The event begins at 9.00am with meet-the-buyer sessions each lasting about 25 minutes. They will continue throughout the day, with the last one being at around 4.30pm. Each meeting will give you an opportunity to present your company and products to the buyer in private, on a one-to-one basis.

Participating trade buyers

Dubai Garden Centre

Dubai Garden Centre began trading in January 2003 as the first western style garden centre in the United Arab Emirates. A subsidiary of the Desert Group, Dubai Garden Centre is the largest garden and plant shop in the UAE and sets out to cater to the broad mix of cultures and nationalities that makes up Dubai, stocking a wide range of practical gardening products and outdoor leisure items such as barbecues and furniture. Spread over 5,600 square metres and featuring a florist and café, Dubai Garden Centre is open seven days a week from 9.00am - 9.00pm.

For the past two years or so, Dubai Garden Centre has been diversifying into pet care and is looking to expand its product offer, particularly for dogs, cats and birds. For more about Dubai Garden Centre, see www.desertgroup.ae.

TiendAnimal.es

TiendAnimal is the leading online pet shop in Spain. Headquartered in Malaga, it was founded six years ago by a team of veterinarians and biologists with a combined experience of 25 years in the pet care industry. Today, TiendAnimal has 85,000 active customers across Spain and Portugal and employs about 40 people. The company’s 3,000 square metre warehouse holds 8,000 different product lines in stock, enabling TiendAnimal to provide its customer with fast delivery times of 24-48 hours. TiendAnimal also offers a free online veterinary consultation service.

TiendAnimal already sources goods from around the world, including the UK. Its range includes food, accessories and care products for dogs, cats, caged birds, small mammals, reptiles, turtles and fish.  It also handles pond products. The buyer is looking for good quality products to add to his range including natural dog and cat food and original accessories. For more about TiendAnimal.es, see www.tiendanimal.es

The venue

The White House

Locate The White House on Google Maps

Situated on the A25, approximately a mile and a half to the west of Junction 5 of the M25, The White House is easy to find by car and there is a car park behind the building. If that is full, the nearby White Hart public house has a large free car park which also serves as a car park for Brasted village.

There’s a frequent rail service between London Charing Cross and Sevenoaks, which is about a four mile taxi ride from Brasted. The journey time from Charing Cross to Sevenoaks is approximately 40 minutes.


How to apply

The cost per meeting is £69 + VAT for members of PetQuip and £169 + VAT for non-members. Please list in order of preference the buyers you would like to meet.

Please note that while requests for individual meet- the-buyer places will be handled on a first-come, first-served basis, the meetings will also be allocated according to the product preferences of the buyers involved. PetQuip makes every effort to ensure that at least one meeting is allocated per request, but, because of the complexities of this process, no guarantees can be made.

Please return the application form as quickly as possible, either by email or fax to +44 (0)1959 565885

To download a copy of the application form -

Click Here

If you have any questions regarding this event, please do not hesitate to telephone
Kate Smith
or Neale Hutchinson at PetQuip
on +44 (0)1959 565995.

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