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26 March 2025

Best Pest Pic 2025 winner announced

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BPCA were pleased to announce the winner of the #BestPestPic2025 competition at PPC Live in Harrogate last week. 

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Lizzie Mills, Rentokil, won the Association’s competition to find the best image of public health pest control.

Entries were shortlisted by the BPCA Staff team, with the top 10 entries put on display at PPC Live 2025.

The winning photograph was then picked by a panel of judges from across the pest management industry, as well PR and photography experts, and announced at the event.

The judges were:

  • Simon King, Editor, Pest magazine
  • Jane Shepherd, MD, Shepherd PR
  • Scott Johnstone, Marketing, Technology and Communications Manager, BPCA
  • Clark Smith-Stanley, Photographer and Aviator, Profile Studios
  • Paul Westgate, owner, Veritas Pest Consultancy.

Lizzi has been shortlisted in the competition before, but this is her first win. She told us:

"I'm thrilled to have won Best Pest Pic 2025 - I've spent years losing chips to these winged bandits - feels good to finally get something back from them, and against some great competition too! Thanks again!"

Scott Johnstone, BPCA Marketing Manager, said: “Well done to Lizzi on her winning entry, it was a great photograph.

We always have such wonderful entries to this competition, and this year was no different. The standard is getting better year on year, so choosing a winner is not easy. 

“We enjoy celebrating the important work that our sector does to protect public health and Lizzi’s entry, along with all the others shortlisted, showcased it brilliantly."

You can see all the shortlisted entries in the gallery below. 

  1. The Royal Bumble - Richard Marshall, Morrisons Supermarkets
  2. It must be love, love, love - Peter Bott, PJB
  3. No gulls on Fawkes's watch - Kiley Clement, OCS Pest Control 
  4. Forever stuck... - Ben Hunt, Rhino Pest Management
  5. A view from the other side - Ben Hunt, Rhino Pest Management
  6. World Wide Web - Dave Archer, DKA Training
  7. Eyes of the colony - Chris Emmans, Musca Pest Management Services
  8. Harlequin - Leigh Tovey, Yorkshire Pest Control Ltd
  9. Where's my bloody chips?! - Lizzi Mills, Rentokil 
  10. Watching and waiting - Dom Glover.

Source: Online

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