03 May 2024

Ask the technical team May 2024

PPC115 | Ask the technical team Ladybirds, Badgers, CEPA certifications and rat traps for squirrels all feature in this issue of Ask the BPCA technical team.  Can I use rat traps for squirrels? No. The Small Ground Vermin Trap

03 May 2024

Future of pest management survey

PPC115 | Executive Report The Future of Pest Management Survey was conducted to gain insights into current trends, challenges and opinions within the pest management industry. The survey covered various aspects including tools and techniques u

03 May 2024

Bed Bugs in 2024 – what do we need to know?

PPC115 | Technical Dr Richard Naylor, from Cimex Store and The Bed Bug Foundation CIC, has studied bed bugs for over two decades. With his wife Alexia and team based near Chepstow, they run a bed bug R&D lab, testing products and culture i

03 May 2024

Drainage inspections for rodents

PPC115 | Technical Darron Pearce from BPCA member company, Rattraxs Pest Control, has over 30 years of industry experience in both pest control and drainage. He carries out surveys for insurance and mortgage companies, and domestic customers l

03 May 2024

Permanent vs long-term baiting - What's best?

PPC115 | Technical Laurence Barnard, Country Business Manager at BASF Pest Control Solutions shares his advice on best practice, as well as outlining important considerations for safe and effective pest control. When it comes to rec

03 May 2024

Opinion: Changing your wasp management treatments

PPC115 | Opinion Alex Wade from BPCA member company, Wade Environmental, spoke at PestEx about a topic that is close to all our collective thoughts and fears. The way we carry out wasp work is likely to change drastically over the next few sum

03 May 2024

How to protect your pest business from scams

PPC115 | Business Which? Trusted Trader explains some of the main ways fraudsters might target you or your customers and shares top tips to avoid your pest control company getting stung. Falling victim to a scam can be devastating &

03 May 2024

Opinion: Where should you begin in pest control?

PPC115 | Opinion Where should you begin in pest control? Do you need experience working on the tools to start a business? What are the barriers to entry? At PestEx 2024, we asked several members about how they started out. We’ve sum

03 May 2024

Member benefit: TrustMark Registered Businesses

PPC115 | Member benefit BPCA Servicing Members can now become TrustMark Registered Businesses. We asked Nicola Waller, Membership Director at TrustMark, to introduce the new member benefit and explain the scheme in detail. “We w

03 May 2024

Member benefit: Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

PPC115 | Member benefit BPCA Technical Manager Natalie Bungay is responsible for investigating complaints and ensuring that BPCA members comply with BPCA’s standards. Nat examines the process and how the new alternative dispute resolutio

03 May 2024

Meet the member: Paul Gill, Hawk expert

PPC115 | Meet the member Paul Gill charts his career in pest control over more than 25 years, from accidentally getting a job in fumigation as a teenager to launching Urban Hawks. “I’d been going for about two months whe

03 May 2024

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03 May 2024

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03 May 2024

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03 May 2024

BPCA welcomes new board members

PPC115 | Your association Run by pest professionals for pest professionals – the BPCA Executive Board sets the strategy of the Association. Following our 2024 election, members chose three new directors to join the Board. We caught

03 May 2024

Meet the Life Member: David Cross

PPC115 | Your Association David Cross from BPCA member company Rentokil was awarded a BPCA Life membership at our annual member meeting at PestEx. David has contributed to many committees and industry groups and has been instrumental in severa

03 May 2024

Tackling recruitment challenges in the pest management industry

PPC115 | Training Recruitment and retention of pest management employees are two of the biggest challenges our industry faces. 90% of employees decide whether to stay at a company within the first six months of employment, and as much as 22% o

02 May 2024

Pest control industry expert Alex Wade joins BASF

PRESS RELEASE The leading pest control solutions manufacturer, BASF, is set to welcome industry expert Alex Wade as its new Global Technical Marketing Manager for Rodenticides. With over 18 years of experience in the sector, Alex wi

29 April 2024

John O'Conner 'Bee Part Of It' project makes a buzz in Letchworth

PRESS RELEASE BPCA member John O'Conner Pest Control and Grounds Maintenance divisions have joined forces to work on an exciting project in Letchworth, collaborating with North Herts Council. Their "Bee Part Of It"  initia

25 April 2024

End of an Era: Industry icon, Sharon Hughes, set to retire

PRESS RELEASE After over forty years at the forefront of rodent control innovation, BASF’s Sharon Hughes has announced that she will retire from her role this summer. Sharon, who has been the Global Technical Marketing Manager

24 April 2024

Defra announces key principles and dates for glue board licensing in England

LEGISLATION Defra has released an overview of the key principles for the new licensing regime for rodent glue boards, as required by the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022.  The Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 allows pest professionals to

12 April 2024

PestFix announces LED UV electric fly killer is "even better than before"

PRESS RELEASE BPCA member PestFix announces that their leading LED UV electric fly killer is now even better than before. Pestfix said: When first released in the UK by PestFix in October 2021, the X-Trap 50 was proven to be th

12 April 2024

Kristian Dales appointed Orkin UK Group managing director

PRESS RELEASE Kristian Dales has been appointed to the newly created role of managing director of Orkin UK Services with ambitious plans to expand and reorganise the pest control specialist. Orkin said: An experienced executive

01 May 2024

Global Public Health and Food Safety Summit announced in Florida

PRESS RELEASE The programme for the Global Public Health and Food Safety Summit has been designed to address food safety from a global perspective. Leading researchers and practitioners from across the world will discuss and review the latest

29 May 2024

Entry deadline extended for The National Pest Awards 2024

AWARDS The deadline for entries has been extended until Friday, June 7. The National Pest Awards are back for 2024, recognising those who have excelled in pest control across the UK. This year’s National Pest Awards, run in ass