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04 October 2018
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A deeply tragic incident at Banham Poultry in Norfolk has resulted in two pest controllers losing their lives. After conducting initial assessments at the site, a police spokesman said:
12 October 2018
The introduction of the phrase “may damage the unborn child” alongside an image of an exploding heart CLP symbol to rodenticides has certainly raised a few eyebrows. We asked Natalie to give us a back-to-basics reprotoxic refresher.
11 October 2018
BPCA member company Bayer Pest Solutions is launching an improved version of their Pest Partner app. The rejuvenated tool will incorporate the features from the current app while bringing new innovations to assist pest controllers.
09 October 2018
Meet the team blog. With membership renewals and a new membership benefit just around the corner, we catch up with Membership Officer, Rachel as she prepares for her busiest time of the year.
BPCA member PelGar International is delighted to welcome Dr David Hall to its technical team.
Registration for PestEx – the pest management show, is now open and can be completed through its own brand-new website.
Following the deeply tragic incident where two pest controllers died at Banham Poultry in Norfolk, we are following developments closely.
03 October 2018
The Lantra Level 2 Award in Pest Management is now an accepted qualification for membership of BPCA after the Executive Board voted in favour of incorporating it into criteria.
18 September 2018
Patrick Poore of BPCA Member Rokill achieved the highest marks in the RSPH Level 2 Award for Pest Management Examination across the last 12 months.
17 September 2018
Tougher restrictions on permanent rodenticide baiting by farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers, with legal backing, have been introduced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the UK rodenticide regulatory body.
The food industry wants pest controllers to get to know their businesses better, according to new research, being unveiled at the next BPCA Regional Forum.
05 September 2018
BPCA members, Abate Pest Management has set the wheels in motion to grow a network of pest control franchises throughout the UK.
03 September 2018
Professional Pest Controller issue 92 is out now and available completely for free. The BPCA member and industry magazine is packed full of all the latest pest control news and features (Sept 2018).
30 August 2018
We invited ourselves into the family homes of two BPCA member companies to see how they make their family business successful in the pest control sector.
Do you want to be nationally recognised for what you do? As the countdown to PestEx 2019 starts, the excitement begins to build for the second ever British Pest Management Awards.
At June’s AGM, three members were elected onto the Association’s Executive Board. Keen to understand their big picture view on pest control, we asked all three ‘new recruits’ the following big question...
When Andy Hunn, Managing Director of East Coast Pest Control, started his own business 16 years ago, it’d have been hard to imagine attending a global summit for pest management.
BPCA sent our Chief Exec and Technical Manager to the Global Summit in Portugal. They both came back exhausted and tan-less. We asked them to report their findings to PPC readers.
BPCA is looking for people who are passionate about protecting the British public from bed bugs.
BPCA hosts events for everyone interested in pest management all around the UK. Our Regional Forum dates for 2019 have been announced.
We've announced BPCA Registered, an in-house Individual Recognition and Continual Professional Development (CPD) Scheme. We take a look at the scheme and the role CPD has in the pest management industry.
28 August 2018
The Directors of Pelsis Holdings (UK) Ltd and Curtis Gilmour Inc. are pleased to announce that an agreement has been reached to bring together the brand portfolios and operations of the two companies with immediate effect.
08 August 2018
BPCA Field Officer, Natalie Bungay, went along to the HSE's Chemicals EU Exit Workshop to find out how chemical regulation could be affected if we left the EU without a deal.
07 August 2018
A new set of information materials supporting effective and responsible rodenticide use has been published by UK Rodenticide Stewardship and is available free of charge to all users.
MEMtoring is an integral part of BPCA's forthcoming individual recognition scheme, where it places practical skills at the heart of learning and development.
26 July 2018
In a recent survey conducted by CRRU UK, permanent rodenticide baiting is still considered essential by more than 1-in-3 farmer - contrary to stewardship guidelines.
Events | Online The food industry wants pest controllers to get to know their businesses better, according to new research. 70% of respondents would like more time spent
Promotion | PPC92 September 2018 Do you want to be nationally recognised for what you do? As the countdown to PestEx 2019 starts, the excitement begins to build for the second ever British P
Training and development | PPC92 September 2018 Following our AGM in June, we announced plans to launch BPCA Registered, an in-house Individual Recognition and Continual Professional Develop
The introduction of the phrase “may damage the unborn child” alongside an image of an exploding heart CLP symbol to rodenticides has certainly raised a few eyebrows. We asked BPCA Technica
BPCA member company Bayer Pest Solutions is launching an improved version of their Pest Partner app. The rejuvenated tool will incorporate the features from the current app while bringing new innova
10 October 2018
There’s been a lot of talk about whether pest controllers can legally permanently bait, and in what situations. There’s a lot of confusing information about how this works in pra
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