Pets at Home to keep stores, vet practices open
Pets at Home said on Tuesday that its pet stores will remain open during the Covid-19 outbreak.
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"As a provider of pet care products and services, our stores, website and veterinary practices will remain open so we can focus our energies on providing essential pet products and emergency health care at a time when pets will play an increasingly vital role in our daily lives," it said.
The company has closed all of its grooming salons and redeployed those colleagues to support its store teams.
Pets said it has implemented all government advice about social distancing across its business.