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16 March 2017
Most people spend their time trying to keep rodents out of food premises - not building one specifically for mice.
It’s very rare to be able to combine a love for pest control and cinema, but when a 1:28 horror documentary makes its way onto Netflix - it’s time to get out the popcorn.
The location of the BPCA 75th Anniversary Celebrations has changed and will now be held at the East Wintergarden.
15 March 2017
The 12-months trading prerequisite for servicing membership has officially been scrapped as of 1 January 2017.
Targeted at commercial clients, the editable document demonstrates due diligence to customer safety and features the contact details of the servicing pest control company, with reference to their BPCA membership.
02 March 2017
Professional Pest Controller (PPC) magazine is the premier quarterly magazine for the pest management industry.
24 February 2017
BPCA's Servicing Committee has recently approved a new initiative, the Contract Sharing Network.
23 February 2017
A new draft of the proposed Trailblazer apprenticeship standard is now available for download and open for feedback.
17 February 2017
New cancellation terms and conditions have been approved for EN 16636 audits, affecting all current Servicing Members.
16 February 2017
The first ever UK Rodenticide Stewardship annual report has been published and marks "the end of the beginning", according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) chairman Dr Alan Buckle.
11 February 2017
Data by the Press Association shows that pest controllers were called out over 5000 times by hospitals in England.
27 January 2017
In 2016 CRD advised that to remain in line with the November 2015 changes to the Plant Protection Directive, anyone who carries out invertebrate fumigation activities would need to update their existing BPCA Diploma and Module Certificates.
Just as in the past you may have been asked to buy cigarettes or alcohol for someone younger who has “forgotten their ID”, some pest controllers are reporting they are being asked to supply professional use rodenticides to their customers.
Last month saw the re-launch of the Pest Management Alliance Code of Best Practice for the Humane Use of Rodent Glueboards. The Code has been revisited by BPCA and its fellow Alliance members, plus Natural England and DEFRA.
The BPCA staff team have been out and about representing you and your interests at events around the world.
The professional register is out to expand its role and increase its influence within the pest control sector as part of a move to deliver maximum value.
BPCA will be one of the sponsors of the highly popular non-profit conference, designed to share information and ideas on the impact, biology and control of pests in the urban environment.
19 January 2017
One of the largest independently owned pest control companies in the UK, Cannon Pest Control, has been purchased by Pest Control giant, Rentokil.
11 January 2017
BPCA Servicing Members, Contego Environmental Services has successfully acquired a rival company with an office in central London.
The appointment of a marketing and technical manager is set to deliver a boost to fast-growing professional register BASIS PROMPT
23 December 2016
All of the donated food items for the BPCA "reverse advent calendar" are now in and will be donated to a local food bank at the end of the week.
13 December 2016
Back in May, we warned that all Fumigators would have to update their qualifications to the new RSPH qualification - before the end of 2016. We can now confirm the deadline for the qualification top up has been extended into 2018!
28 November 2016
Homeowners are being urged to be on their guard as cold weather threatens to spark a plague of rats over Christmas.
25 November 2016
Laid in Britain, an assurance scheme for hen's eggs, has been approved by the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime as proof of competence for the purchase of professional use rodenticides.
24 November 2016
Simon Forrester, leader of the British Pest Control Association, has been named chief executive of the year in a national initiative.
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