11 September 2025

Smarter light traps with AI technology

PPC120 | ADVERT

11 September 2025

Compliance software for food safety professionals

PPC120 | ADVERT

11 September 2025

A winning combination with Bell Labs

PPC120 | ADVERT

11 September 2025

Editorial: Cause and effect

PPC120 | EDITORIAL  We were CC’d into a brilliant email thread this week between our technical team and the BPCA Technical Committee. It all started with a fairly standard request from Niall, who was looking for some information abo

11 September 2025

Lessons from across the channel: Yellow-legged (Asian) hornets

PPC120 | OPINION Christopher Venables of Venables Pest Control shares first-hand insights from France on the invasive Asian hornet - its spread, behaviour, control methods, and why stronger UK collaboration is vital. This year, curi

11 September 2025

Ask the technical team: September 2025

PPC120 | TECHNICAL Speed read: You’re likely already ‘green’, with many sustainable pest solutions available When it comes to flea treatments, fail to prepare, prepare to fail! Regular maintenance of your equipment is

11 September 2025

INFOGRAHPIC: Mind the gap

PPC120 | INFOGRAPHIC

11 September 2025

Awaab’s Law puts pests on the housing agenda

PPC120 | PESTS IN POLITICS In her debut article, BPCA Chief Executive Rosina Robson explains how the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and the phased rollout of Awaab’s Law will likely affect the pest management industry. W

11 September 2025

Non-pest invertebrate biology, behaviour and advice

PPC120 | TECHNICAL Niall Gallagher, BPCA Technical Manager, provides an overview of several insect species that, although often distressing, are not classified as public health pests.  Arthropods (or bugs, if you believe the ma

11 September 2025

Know your enemy: the key to tiny fly control

PPC120 | TECHNICAL In this article, Killgerm’s Avril Turner explains the importance of species identification in fly monitoring and control programmes. As per the shifting seasons, we always see an uplift in flying insect numb

11 September 2025

Battling Stored Product Insect (SPI) infestations

PPC120 | TECHNICAL Richard Faulkner, Envu’s National Account and Technical Manager for the UK and Ireland, gives PPC readers an overview of the Stored Product Insects (SPIs) that UK pest professionals are most likely to encounter. 

11 September 2025

PESTWATCH: The Lesser Housefly

PPC120 | PESTWATCH Niall Gallagher, BPCA Technical Manager, gives PPC readers this complete guide to the biology, risks and control of the lesser housefly. The lesser housefly (Fannia canicularis) is a familiar but often underestimated pe

11 September 2025

Alpha ULV Insecticide from Barrettine

PPC120 | ADVERT

11 September 2025

Jurassic Pests: Protecting the past with Total IPM

PPC120 | YOUR ASSOCIATION PPC Editor Kat Shaw, took a trip to London in spring to visit Greg Fee, founder of Total IPM.  While taking a tour of the Natural History Museum, a client of Total IPM, they talked about carrying out pest co

11 September 2025

Bee-fuddled – Bee management and pest control

PPC120 | OPINION Pollinator protection legislation, tightening planning controls around listed buildings and a public obsession with all things eco-friendly have made feral honey bee jobs some of the most sensitive call-outs in the modern pest

11 September 2025

What is invoice fraud, and how does it affect traders?

PPC120 | BUSINESS Invoice fraud is a threat to everyone. It occurs when criminals target a legitimate payment by a customer to a business and redirect that money to another bank account. PPC asked our friends at Which? Trusted Trader for some

11 September 2025

Inside Crawley Borough Council’s pest control team

PPC120 | MEET THE MEMBER PPC magazine editor Kat Shaw took a trip to Crawley in May, to visit Pest Control Officer Maggie Orszak, and her manager Debbie Gomez, at Crawley Borough Council. With a strong stomach, a fascination for pests, an

11 September 2025

Take care of your kit: how to maintain your sprayer properly

PPC120 | YOUR ASSOCIATION In this article, Anna Iversen from US-based equipment manufacturer B&G (a Pelsis brand) shares her expert guidance on compressed air sprayer maintenance. Drawing on over two decades in pest management, Anna walks

08 September 2025

Google Local Service Ads consolidates its ad badges into one ‘verified’ check

BUSINESS FEATURE From 20 October 2025, Google will be introducing a single Google Verified badge across all Local Services Ads, replacing the current range of labels like Google Guaranteed, Google Screened and Licence Verified by Google.

08 September 2025

Government reshuffle: BPCA welcomes new ministers and invites collaboration with pest management community

POLITICS On 5 September 2025, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a sweeping reshuffle across the government, with several prominent ministerial changes, including new appointments at Defra and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Co

03 September 2025

Join the BPCA Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Working Group

VOLUNTEER BPCA is inviting members to volunteer for its Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Working Group.     The group is shaping resources such as the ESG Toolkit, which will help pest management businesses of all

01 September 2025

Policy Watch: New rules on wages, contracts and vehicles explained

PESTS IN POLITICS Rosina Robson, Chief Executive of the British Pest Control Association (BPCA), outlines key policy changes on the horizon that could affect pest management companies and technicians.   From employment reforms to sma

28 August 2025

Check your chimney for jackdaws before autumn arrives

PESTAWARE Experts at British Pest Control Association (BPCA) are encouraging householders to check their chimneys for nests before the arrival of autumn and cooler weather. Jackdaws are a common British bird known for nesting in dar

27 August 2025

PestWorld early bird registration ends soon

EVENTS If you are one of the many international delegates planning to attend PestWorld 2025 organised by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and have not yet registered – don’t delay. The discounted early bird regi

27 August 2025

Don’t let bed bugs be a bugbear this season!

PRESS RELEASE As the battle against bed bugs rages on, professional pest controllers find themselves on the frontline of defence against these tiny but troublesome creatures. With densely populated urban areas and extensive use of transpo