Verstone Kennels & Cattery

31/07/2024

Good luck to all entrants to todays dog show and Ulverston and north lonsdale show

🐾 Pawsome fun guaranteed for you and your dog at this year's Ulverston Show! 🐾

🐩🐶 Enter on the day from 10.30 am 🐶🐩

28/07/2024

Just a few days to go and the weather forecast is looking great

We're excited to announce you can now buy entry tickets for the show online! Simply click on the link to our new website.
https://www.ulverstonshow.co.uk

02/07/2024

Below is a copy press release that went out yesterday to local media in Cumbria, we get a mention toward the end. We are really pleased to say that we were successful in gaining part of this funding. The grant has allowed us to install a large amount of solar panels with battery storage which provide sustainable green energy. This electricity covers your pets needs while you are away by powering hot water, heating, air purification, air conditioning, lighting, washing machines and the all important piped music in their sleeping areas!

Many thanks from us, our furry guests and their owners to Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership, Westmorland & Furness Council and UK Government.

Westmorland & Furness businesses secure investment from UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) grants

SIXTY-EIGHT companies based in Westmorland and Furness are receiving a share of over £771,000 to help them to grow their business, with 19 of these already having completed their projects. The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) received individual grants of up to £20,000, to meet up to half of the costs of their projects from a two stranded programme – Catalysing Growth and Investing in Growth. Catalysing Growth funded revenue investment to help businesses to access new markets, with Investing in Growth funding capital investments to improve productivity and innovation.



Businesses completing Catalysing Growth projects include Apple Designs Ltd, near Carnforth, which specialise in marketplace management and digital marketing. They help businesses sell or market their goods on online platforms like Zalando, Aboutyou and Amazon. Thanks to a grant of £7,500, towards their project costs of £15,117, they have been able to connect their ecommerce platforms with new European marketplaces.



Bartletts Group Limited, Dalton-in-Furness, used their Catalysing Growth grant of £7,500 to invest in a rebranding project costing £15,220. Bartletts provide a very specialised service, in a highly regulated industry, protecting equipment and machinery in marine environments from erosion and corrosion. They say a stronger branding image should help them to win more contracts.



Bartletts also benefitted from an Investing in Growth grant of £20,000 to meet 40% of the cost of buying a JCB TLT35/230 Teletruk. Purchased locally, they say it will help them to win higher-value contracts from the marine industry, whilst growing the business and increasing productivity and safety.

Another Investing in Growth grant was made to First For E Players Limited (trading as EStars) near Penrith. EStars invested their grant of £20,000 in a project with a total cost of £55,000 to develop an educational esports platform for students to use. It has attracted global attention, and is being launched in Nigeria this July, at an event hosted by the British Deputy High Commissioner. Mags Byrne from the Company said: "Developing the Platform has enabled EStars to grow, create more jobs and to further our reach, globally".



Whilst, E-Bike Safaris Ltd, in Kendal, say that their Investing in Growth grant of £13,000 has matched funded the purchase of 10 new e-Bikes and navigation devices. It is helping them to expand their business across the central and southern Lakes by offering new multi-day and single day cycle tours. This is in addition to their electric bike rental services.



Other successful completed Catalysing Growth projects were



The Gas Rooms Ltd, Burton in Kendal, which used their grant of £1,641 to meet 50% of the costs of a buying a customer relationship management system, plus support, to deliver their digital marketing strategy.
Majik House near Kendal used their grant of £2,400, to meet 50% of their investment in marketing activity their Smart Home Monitoring Systems, to new customers.


Investing in Growth Grants were also successfully delivered by:



Barrow BID, which received a grant of £8,000 to help meet the total project cost of £16,000 for a mobile stage and exhibition trailer. The new event facility draws people into the town and can be hired by local organisations.
Cottages Cumbria, Coniston is a small family run holiday letting business with properties in central Lakeland. They were able to refurbish a 25 year old bathroom with their grant of £4,779, which helped to meet the total project cost of £9,558.
DAV Cumbria Ltd based in, Barrow-in-Furness, used their grant of £15,481, to meet 50% of the total cost of their investment in growing the business. They now have an additional fully equipped van and a new engineer.
George & Dragon, a 17th Century Inn near Alston, used a grant of £20,000 to meet 50% of the total cost of installing ground floor electrics and plumbing. They hope the improvements will put the pub back at the centre of village life and be a focal point for walkers and cyclists.
Hargreaves Enterprises Ltd, Bowness-on-Windermere, used their grant of £5,834 to diversify their business with a project that cost £11,668. Units with screens have been installed which offer revenue generating advertising slots.
M&T Adventures Ltd near Ulverston can now provide more climbing and abseiling sessions for children and adults using a grant of £1,562, which met 50% of the costs.
Papaya Trading, near Carnforth has invested in a new delivery vehicle at a cost of £42,130, with the help of a grant of £20,000.
Silver Forge, Milnthorpe purchased a new mid-level laser welder to help the business. They received a grant of £4,554 towards the total cost of £9,108.
The Milking Parlour, Kirkby Lonsdale have upgraded their ice cream manufacturing equipment to increase capacity and grow their business. They received a £20,000 grant towards a total project cost of £73,595.
Traybakes, Redhills near Penrith received a grant of £3,456 to meet 50% of the costs installing a pallet wrapping machine to cope with the increasing volume of orders.
Vision Support, Barrow and District received £20,000 towards total project costs of £72,716 to fit two solar power systems to their properties to decarbonise their operations.
Verstone Kennels & Cattery, near Ulverston received a grant of £8,000 which met 50% of the cost of installing solar panels.


This programme is funded through Westmorland and Furness Council’s Shared Prosperity Fund. For general information about the CLEP Catalysing Growth and Investing in Growth programmes please contact [email protected]

01/08/2023

If you use a pet professional to care for your pet you should check to make sure their First Aid for them is up to date. Whether it is a kennels, sitter, day care or walker knowing what to do in an emergency is essential. While legislation to make sure all pet professionals do a first aid course might not be too far away the public can do their bit by asking whoever cares for their pet if that persons first aid is up to date. Simon recently refreshed his first aid at Canine First Aid Workshops - UK - Rachel Bean RVN A really informative day covering lots of situations you might find at home or outdoors. The day included some practicals and as you can see his bandaging went well as he managed to get a kiss from TV star Linda Biscuits aka the lovely Chilli.

27/07/2023

What an amazing day it was yesterday for Alice’s Dog Show held in conjunction with Ulverston & North Lonsdale Agricultural Show. The sun shone and everyone had such a great day with their beautiful and talented dogs.

Congratulations to all who entered. Our Best in Show winner was Buddy the English Bull Terrier. Reserve Best in Show was Tikka the German Shorthaired Pointer. Best Puppy was Dobbie the Dobermann and Best Veteran was Maggie the Crossbreed.

Huge thanks to our judges Chris and Jess from Puppy Pals Cumbria, also to Karin and Domi for the huge task of collecting entries and Vicky for helping to steward.

But most of all thankyou Alice for being our inspiration to hold the show in the first place as part of her bucket list. Who would have known this would have become an annual event and we would still be here 12 years on.

27/07/2023

26/07/2023

The sun is shining for us all, can’t wait to see you and your gorgeous doggies Ulverston and north lonsdale show

21/07/2023

Less than a week to go until this years show - how exciting!!

Ulverston and north lonsdale show
Lindal Cote Farm LA12 0TG
Wednesday 26th July
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A POPULAR agricultural show is ready to stage another great family day out.

15/07/2023

Plans are in full flow for this year’s Alice’s Dog Show at Ulverston and north lonsdale show

Looking forward to seeing you all there 🐾🐾

26/12/2022

Our cattery residents all had a great time unwrapping their pressies yesterday, here’s just a selection of them.
Wishing all of our four legged friends and their humans a very happy Christmas

07/09/2022

Really pleased to see the safe arrival of our new roof. Almost a year in the planning our new roof will help reduce the amount of energy used to keep your furry friends cool in summer and cosy in winter. Many thanks to Steve at Barrow roof sheets & roof supplies for his help in the ordering process.

27/07/2022

We've had such a brilliant day today running Alice's Dog Show at Ulverston and north lonsdale show. The sun was shining all day and it was lovely to see everyone having the best time with their beautiful dogs. Congratulations to all of the winners!!

What a fantastic day for Alice’s Dog Show! We had a total of 63 dogs entered with Best in Show awarded to Simba & Nala, Reserve Best in Show to Spot, Best Veteran to Viva and Best Puppy to Leia.

It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying a fun day out with their dogs, just as Alice intended.

Should anyone prefer their photos to be removed from the album please send a private message

27/07/2022

We’re all set up ready to take entries for Alice’s Dog Show. It’s a beautiful sunny day

26/07/2022

The ring and the marquee are set up and the car’s packed with prizes. Looking forward to seeing you all at Ulverston Show tomorrow 🐾🐾

20/07/2022

With just one week to go we hope you are all getting ready for a fun day out at Ulverston Show and for Alice's Dog Show!

We will also be celebrating 10 years of Alice's Escapes, the charity that Alice founded to provide holidays for seriously ill children at the charity's caravans at Bardsea Leisure.

Looking forward to seeing you and your dogs next week!!!!

03/06/2022

Come rain or shine we hope you and your four legged friends are enjoying the jubilee weekend! Hip hip hooray from Lyra, Midge and Susie 🐾🇬🇧🐾🇬🇧🐾

10/08/2021

First batch of homemade dental sticks ready to be distributed to our guests. Nomnom! (Pic in comments)

17/07/2021

Have fun working these out😄

22/05/2021

This is a fantastic opportunity to improve your first aid knowledge through the expertise of our friend Rachel Bean. Give it a go and you won’t be disappointed

This course is for everyone, Dog Owners, Dog Walkers, Dog Daycare staff, Dog Groomers, Home Boarders, Dog Trainers, Kennel Staff, Behaviourists