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30 October 2025
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Rosina Robson shares how the Association’s new pestcareers.org.uk hub, recruitment film, Open Doors Charter and social media campaign are helping to attract a more diverse, skilled and inspired workforce into pest management.
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12 November 2019
Greg Garrood from Alexandra Workwear investigates what makes for decent pest management workwear.
This year BPCA’s Executive Board set up a series of three working groups, to find out what championing professionalism in pest management looks like.
In this article, BPCA Comms Officer, Kat Shaw explores the franchising business model and how pest management professionals can benefit.
Ian Furlong from BPCA member company Independent Pest Control & Hygiene Services details his first encounter with wax moths.
Nigel White, from BPCA member company Tactical Environmental Services, talks through one of their more challenging sites.
In this article we demonstrate the value of pest management and its people, by telling the story of one of BPCA's strategic goals.
Learn about our PestAware campaign and how we harness the power of press to promote BPCA members.
13 September 2019
An open letter to contribute to the review on developing a national food strategy, commissioned by Defra. We set out our case for the inclusion of pest management provisions and our role in protecting citizen’s food.
29 August 2019
We're on a mission to find the best pest photograph of the year and we're calling all industry professionals to join in.
23 August 2019
Professional pest controller magazine issue 96 is out now and available to read online for free or downloaded as a PDF.
Our technical team tackle bee nests, reporting and delusional parasitosis in this issue.
BPCA Technical Officer, Natalie Bungay, investigates silverfish and grey silverfish, and the difference in control approaches.
BPCA's Natalie Bungay and Jim Kirk from Deadline Products investigate using tracking agents as an investigative tool.
BPCA Board Members debunk some best practice myths that might be putting the operation of your pest management business at risk.
Dr Claire Donald, from the University of Glasgow, gives an overview of how scientists are working to lessen the mosquito threat.
22 August 2019
Paul Westgate, Westgate Pest Control, examines the positives that can be drawn from the regulations pest management professionals face.
In BPCA's first strategic storytime, we’re telling the tale of how we continue to increase the professionalism of the pest management sector.
What does championing professionalism in pest management look like today?
Launched at PestEx 2017, the Contract Sharing Network (CSN) is celebrating a significant step forward.
Jonathan Walker from BPCA member company Eradipest has been experimenting with proactive bee management.
Want to get more involved in your Association? Why not come along to one of our Servicing Committee meetings and find out what it’s about?
21 August 2019
Karen Dawes, BPCA Training Development Manager, takes a look at some great examples of CPD for people at all stages of their careers.
Jane Shepherd from BPCA’s agency, Shepherd PR, talks about why it’s important to have a concentrated PR effort.
22 July 2019
Conditions under which permanent baiting with rodenticide is allowed have been updated by CRRU UK to cover a critical difference between outdoor and indoor locations.
A health and safety risk assessment considers the hazards present in a task or activity. RAs looks at the likelihood of harm that might occur and the severity of that harm.
07 July 2025
BPCA has proudly signed the Armed Forces Covenant, strengthening its commitment to supporting current and former military personnel and their families.
06 June 2025
Six new Member Directors have been chosen to help lead the Association and represent the interests of BPCA members at the highest level.
10 December 2025
Rosina Robson highlights how BPCA’s new pestcareers.org.uk hub and supporting initiatives aim to attract a more diverse and skilled workforce into pest management.
09 December 2025
At PPC Live 2025 in Harrogate, a small group of pest professionals gathered around a table to tackle one of the most deceptively simple tools in the pest controller’s kit: the break-back trap.
Alex Wade joined us at a BPCA Digital Forum to discuss a fresh way of handling rodent control, by adding integrated risk management (IRM) into our thinking.
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