Latest pest control news, features and blog articles from the BPCA news desk, including PPC Magazine and our monthly Bulletins. Stay up to date with pest management here.
27 March 2020
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has announced that the new general licence will, from 1 April, only cover two species – Canada Goose and feral pigeon.
BPCA has written to all 33 local authorities in London, asking for parking charges to be scrapped during the Covid-19 pandemic.
BPCA members can now access a Coronavirus (COVID-19) risk assessment template provided by Stallard Kane.
26 March 2020
Our online microlearning CPD courses are now available for FREE for all BPCA members and employees
BPCA is aware that many members have begun to offer disinfection services for Covid-19.
Department of Education in Northern Ireland has confirmed that pest management professionals are formally key workers during Covid-19 pandemic.
25 March 2020
BPCA member Pelgar says pests will flourish during the Coronavirus outbreak lockdown.
Press release: Urgent action required to ensure pest control management can continue to be administered in the Covid-19 pandemic
BBC Radio host talks to callers about pest management during Covid lockdown.
The video will help pest management businesses understand how the pandemic will affect their work, and offer suggestions for mitigating risks involved in doing pest control work.
23 March 2020
Last night (23 March 2020), the Government announced further measures to stop the spread of Covid 19, including not being able to leave you home except for very specific exceptions.
Read about why BPCA has been lobbying Government officials to designate pest management as key work during the Covid-19 pandemic.
20 March 2020
BPCA writes to schools and continues to urge the Government to designate pest professionals as key workers during Covid-19 pandemic.
19 March 2020
Today, BPCA has written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking that pest management professionals be designated key workers during the Covid-19 pandemic.
17 March 2020
Tetramethrin, the active ingredient in some insecticidal products, has been classified as a category 2 carcinogen.
16 March 2020
ICUP organising committee announces 2020 event to be rescheduled due to Covid-19.
13 March 2020
BPCA has been shortlisted for Membership Organisation of the Year in the memcom Membership Excellence Awards.
BPCA is advising all members that they should apply for their individual licences for gull control in good time for breeding season.
12 March 2020
BPCA’s travelling tradeshow, PPC Live, saw record numbers of visitors when it took a trip to Harrogate, Yorkshire this week.
BPCA announced the winner of the #BestPestPic2020 competition at PPC Live.
09 March 2020
BPCA member Syngenta will be launching a new, ready to use ant bait station at PPC Live on 11 March.
06 March 2020
The first two years with all stewardship elements in place have seen "stubbornly intractable" rodenticide residues in barn owls, says the 2019 Annual Report from the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime.
05 March 2020
Scottish Natural Heritage has released three new general licences for bird control.
BPCA member MIDS Pest Control are hosting a free event for pest management professionals in Letchworth at the end of March.
04 March 2020
The outbreak of New Corona Virus 2019-nCoV, commonly known as Coronavirus or Covid-19, in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in Hubei Province, has had a major impact across the globe.
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