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18 September 2020
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BPCA is calling out for employees of member companies to join our new committees. The Outreach & Communication Committee and the Professional Standards Committee will launch later this year.&nbs
06 May 2020
BPCA technical and compliance officer Natalie Bungay takes a look at what you need to consider when you reopen your pest control business, if lockdown is lifted.
05 May 2020
Natural England has now started contacting pest professionals in relation to applications for individual bird control licences.
In this guest blog, Pest-Tech's Kelly Farrant talks about wasp behaviour and why it's important to leave tackling them to the professionals.
04 May 2020
For World Pest Day this year (6 June), BPCA want to produce a video about the brilliant work members do to protect public health and safety.
01 May 2020
BPCA is delivering specialist pest control training via its new virtual classroom. Understanding Genetic Resistance in Pests will run first in May, then June at a special introductory discount rate.
30 April 2020
Professional pest controller magazine issue 99 is out now and available to read online for free or downloaded as a PDF.
In this Covid-19 special, our technical team answer questions about postponed events, essential work, can pests be Covid-19 carriers and PPE in this issue.
BPCA surveyed pest professionals on the impact Covid-19 is having on the sector. Over 900 people answered the survey. Here are the initial findings.
In PPC99 BPCA Marketing and Communications Officer, Kat Shaw, takes a look at how mental health can affect people at work and the impact of Covid-19 on mental wellbeing.
For PPC99 we talked to the membership at large, about the proactive steps taken to meet the Covid-19 crisis head-on.
BPCA member, Killgerm, has produced a handy guide for pest management companies looking to help out with the effects of flooding problems.
We asked PPC Live speaker, and drone pilot, Clark Smith-Stanley from Profile Drone Services to give us an insight into what it is to fly drones for commercial survey work.
Katie Martinelli from High Speed Training talks us through mitigating the risks of needle stick injuries when carrying out pest management work.
Taking a detour from our usual Pestwatch, Dee Ward-Thompson separates friend from foe with this article about the protected water vole.
Find out more about the Find a pest controller tool and how it works for your BPCA member company.
Our BPCA Registered team provides some continuing professional development inspiration for pest professionals.
In this article, BPCA Training Manager Karen Dawes looks at what’s next for digital pest control learning environments.
Debt recovery specialists Direct Route are offering an invoice reminder service for the price of a £1 donation to the NHS.
29 April 2020
BPCA has teamed up with top law firm Shakespeare Martineau to offer a free legal helpline and video chats for members.
28 April 2020
BPCA member Bayer are looking for pest management professionals to complete their survey on wasp control.
24 April 2020
UK government has announced that key workers who are showing symptoms of Covid-19 will be eligible to apply for a test.
A new health and safety talk template, for BPCA members and their employees to use, has been uploaded to the Member Documents Area (login required).
23 April 2020
BPCA is now issuing downloadable assignments for pest management professionals to complete valuable CPD.
22 April 2020
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warns employers it will hand out enforcement notices to those who do not comply with the two-metre social distancing rule in workplaces.
Natural England has issued an update around the issuing of individual licences for the control of herring and lesser black-backed gulls.
22 September 2020
With HSE and Local Authorities ramping up their inspection activity, it’s more important than ever that your pest management company is Covid-secure. Nothing about the pandemic has
BPCA has won a highly commended award for ‘membership organisation of the year’ at the 2020 Memcom excellence awards. BPCA picked up the accolade in the most prestigious
10 September 2020
After a challenging year for gull control in England, BPCA is asking the pest management community to help us make the process for getting a licence better. BPCA has the opportunity to positive
Additional biosecurity measures when sending rat and mouse tail samples for rodenticide resistance testing have been introduced. Farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers are asked to fol
In this video Natalie Bungay discusses key strategies for how pest controllers can react when faced with cases of delusional parasitosis. This video is intended for those working in the pest ma
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