26 May 2017

Insect Monitoring Traps live to fight another day

The hard work of BPCA, its Members and their clients working together have resulted in a victory against a proposal to class insect monitoring trap pheromones as biocides. Through a two-pronged attack at the European Commission and lobbying of t

16 June 2017

Century milestone for quality benchmark

The number of UK pest control companies to achieve CEPA Certified® status has reached three figures in little more than two years. The European Standard for Pest Management Services (EN16636) and its accompanying certification scheme was lau

20 June 2017

Former BPCA Executive Director, Board and Servicing Committee member elected as Life Member

Richard Strand, who was Executive Director for 18 years received life membership of the Association at the 2017 AGM in Leicestershire today. Richard Strand has been both an employee and an active member of the BPCA Board and until recently, the

01 January 2016

Specialist insurance for the pest control industry - Bradshaw Bennett

BPCA and Bradshaw Bennett understand working in the pest control industry is a diverse job in which you can face different situations. Working with chemicals and firearms means that you can face a unique set of risks, and even in the best-regulated

26 May 2017

PPC87: Out Now

Professional Pest Controller (PPC) magazine is the premier quarterly magazine for the pest management industry. It’s aimed at our membership, pest control professionals and those companies we think should be in BPCA. What's in PPC87? PPC8

26 May 2017

Ben’s award completes hat-trick for BPCA

Marketing and Communications Manager Ben Massey has scooped a national award to complete a remarkable hat-trick for the British Pest Control Association.  The 29-year-old was named young marketing executive of the year at the MemCom Awards

26 May 2017

CRRU approve guidance document for Internet sales of rodenticides in the UK

The CRRU board has approved a new document meaning that this guidance has now become part of BPCA Membership Criteria. This new document contains: General guidance for all internet sales of rodenticides in the UK Guidance for sale of non-p

16 March 2017

New marketing manager at BASIS

Lucy Cottingham joins BASIS Registration - the non-profit organisation responsible for training, certification, auditing and standard-setting across a range of agricultural and related land-based industries including Pest Control. The 29-year-ol

16 March 2017

Trending: Chinese restaurant’s pest warning goes viral

We had a good giggle when someone shared this picture of a sign in China about their rat problem. Top tip - when dealing with a rodent infestation, the first step should always be to demoralise the rodents by hurling insults at them. If you

16 March 2017

Two Neils are better than one

Lancashire based Harvey Environmental Services has made two new appointments as the company continues to grow and take on new clients. Neil Melling joins the company with fantastic industry experience and will be a great asset to the firm and it

16 May 2017

18 inch Rat makes headlines - media savvy pest controllers take note!

Once again, the media has taken an interest in a big rodent. The rat in question is by no means the largest on record, or indeed particularly newsworthy. Yet still we’ve spotted headlines such as “Giant rats as big as CATS found raiding b

16 March 2017

Mouse Cafe launched

Most people spend their time trying to keep rodents out of food premises - not building one specifically for mice. Take a look at these snaps of the side of a building in Sweden (photos: Peter Frennesson. Cafe for mice, Malmö, Sweden) Someo

16 March 2017

Movie Review: Morgan Spurlock’s Documentary ‘Rats’

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. OK, this film might not be one of those occasions you ge

16 March 2017

Endangered Bees: Pesticides blamed

The American rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) has made its way onto the endangered species list. The US Fish and Wildlife Services has suggested a number of reasons for the sharp decline in rusty patched bumble bee numbers, including a vulne

16 March 2017

Change of Venue for 75th Anniversary Celebrations and British Pest Management Awards (BPMAs)

The location of the BPCA 75th Anniversary Celebrations has changed and will now be held at the East Wintergarden. The special dinner will still take place on the evening of Wednesday 22 March, after day one of PestEx 2017. The East Wintergarden

15 March 2017

Servicing Membership Criteria are Changing!

The 12-months trading prerequisite for servicing membership has officially been scrapped as of 1 January 2017. We caught up with BPCA Membership Officer, Rachel Eyre, to find what these changes mean for future and current Servicing Members. First

15 March 2017

The New BPCA Certificate of Pest Control Compliance is awarded to café

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. 26 years ago Alistair's Caf&eacu

16 May 2017

Referrals on track. Again

Our popular ‘find a pest controller tool’ continues to churn out more referrals for servicing members that ever before, with an increase of 13% this year so far.  The first quarter of 2017 saw our website and call handling syste

16 May 2017

Prince Charles to control grey squirrels with Nutella and contraception

It is understood that Prince Charles has backed a government plan to sterilise grey squirrels using traps filled with Nutella and oral contraceptive, with the aim of protecting their red cousins. The invasive pests will be lured into eating a co

16 May 2017

The Death of Diesel?

You can’t fail to have seen recent news reports on air quality concerns. It’s alleged that some of our cities have such poor air quality that it contributes to the early deaths of some 40,000 UK citizens.  Recently the Governmen

16 May 2017

Members embrace CRRU Code of Best Practice and get amazing results

Back in 2016, Matt Garwood and his team at MG Pest Control switched over their sites to be fully compliant with the CRRU Code of Best Practice and started to monitor pest activity to see what impact it would make ON pest activity. To be fully co

16 May 2017

New Waste Guidance Launched

The BPCA Code of Best Practice on Pesticide Waste has been updated and is available for free via the BPCA website. The document has been reviewed by the Environment Agencies of the four home countries and pulled together by BPCA Technical Manage

16 May 2017

May Apprenticeships Update

BPCA’s drive to create the first apprenticeships in pest control has achieved another key milestone. The Pest Control Technicians standard for the trailblazer apprenticeship has been approved. This standard was pulled together by a range of pes

16 May 2017

BPCA Defends Insect Monitoring

Working alongside manufacturing and distributor members, BPCA has written to the European Commission to protest at a proposal to class attractants used in insect monitoring traps as biocides. The change would mean huge costs and the likely loss of mo

16 May 2017

Brain-Invading Parasite Spreads Through Climate Change

Health officials in Hawaii have been warning residents not to touch snails or slugs with their bare hands because of an increase in cases of a rare parasitic infection known as rat lungworm. Experts are blaming its sudden spread across the United Sta