Tag: pets

Pets at the Laundrette?

Graham Wright

It seems part of Ruddington Cleaners‘ building along Charles Street is being hung out to dry – with an application now submitted to house a veterinary physiotherapy and hydrotherapy centre alongside the existing laundrette. The current dry cleaning and laundry business opened on the site of the former Village Motors garage at No 8 and No 10 Parkyns Street in Summer 2017 – with an access for dry cleaning requirements off Parkyns Street and the self-service launderette frontage on Charles Street. Now, subject to planning approval, its former storage area will soon…

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Goodbye Ruddington Vets

Graham Wright

After 28 years serving Ruddington’s pet owners, it’s been revealed that our much loved veterinary practice is leaving the village. The news was first announced on Ruddington Vets Facebook page last week, in a post which read: “Check out our spacious new site!”. It went on to explain that: “This Autumn, we will be growing our practice.”  To achieve this, they will be moving it around two miles away – to new premises over in Clifton. They do not plan to retain any veterinary facilities at the Shaw Street site in Ruddington (pictured…

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New Retailers on Ruddington’s Post-COVID Roadmap

Graham Wright

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has spelt out today how the rollout of Coronavirus vaccines means we can finally start to plan our way of out of the latest ‘lockdown’. With COVID-19 restrictions being eased gradually over the coming months, our schools can reopen on March 8th; the stay-at-home message will be removed from March 29th; then gyms, libraries, some hospitality and other non-essential retailers should be able to resume trading from April 12th, assuming all’s still going to plan. More details of the Government’s ‘roadmap out of lockdown’ can be…

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