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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.
30 April 2020
In this article, BPCA Training Manager Karen Dawes looks at what’s next for digital pest control learning environments.
Debt recovery specialists Direct Route are offering an invoice reminder service for the price of a £1 donation to the NHS.
29 April 2020
BPCA has teamed up with top law firm Shakespeare Martineau to offer a free legal helpline and video chats for members.
28 April 2020
BPCA member Bayer are looking for pest management professionals to complete their survey on wasp control.
24 April 2020
UK government has announced that key workers who are showing symptoms of Covid-19 will be eligible to apply for a test.
A new health and safety talk template, for BPCA members and their employees to use, has been uploaded to the Member Documents Area (login required).
23 April 2020
BPCA is now issuing downloadable assignments for pest management professionals to complete valuable CPD.
22 April 2020
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) warns employers it will hand out enforcement notices to those who do not comply with the two-metre social distancing rule in workplaces.
Natural England has issued an update around the issuing of individual licences for the control of herring and lesser black-backed gulls.
21 April 2020
In this guest blog, Danny Barr, one of GVS' UK RPE specialists, talked us through the work GVS has been doing and the key aspects of wearing safety masks.
20 April 2020
BPCA is keeping a watching brief on pest issues after a survey revealed a significant spike in rat and mice activity in the Covid-19 pandemic.
15 April 2020
BPCA has released a letter template for pest management companies to help explain the importance of continuing ongoing site protection during the Covid-19 pandemic.
14 April 2020
Martin Cobbald, from BPCA member Dealey Fumigation, talked leadership alongside Sir Andrew Strauss on The Leaders Council podcast.
Scottish Natural Heritage are urging pest controllers to double check they're sending the correct information for gull licence applications.
13 April 2020
Pest management has been confirmed as an essential sector during the Covid-19 pandemic by George Eustice, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
09 April 2020
BPCA M&D members, Metex, were given approval by the Water Research Centre (WRc) for drain proofing product, the Nordisk Rat Blocker.
08 April 2020
BPCA's technical team has created a bird licensing toolbox talk template for members to download.
BPCA has replied to Michael Gove's letter on pest management professionals being key workers. While the Chancellor states pest management employees can continue to go to work, he did not agree to add pest management to the key worker list.
06 April 2020
The UK Government confirmed that pest management professionals can continue to go to work when it's safe to do so.
03 April 2020
Today (3 April 2020), BPCA has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak MP, asking him to make the Small Business Grant Fund work for our sector.
CEPA has published an open letter, citing pest management as an essential industry for protecting key workers and calling for it to be recognised as such.
02 April 2020
The Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH) has today announced that Anne Godfrey is to leave the membership body following four successful years as Chief Executive.
01 April 2020
BPCA has released 13 resources for operating essential services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Some of these resources are free for everyone, while others are for BPCA members only.
Yesterday (31 March) our campaign to make councils reconsider reducing bin collections featured on LBC radio.
Pest management is essential for protecting public health and safety. You know it. We know it. Now it’s time to tell the world.
27 August 2025
BPCA has stepped up its campaign to fix the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 after new undercover footage showed retailers still selling and advising on the illegal use of glue traps.
18 August 2025
The HSE is holding a public consultation on renewing anticoagulant rodenticides under the GB Biocidal Products Regulation
10 November 2025
BPCA was delighted to be recognised at the Association Excellence Awards for our work on membership engagement.
31 October 2025
Louise Baxter MBE, Head of the National Trading Standards Scams Team and Non-Executive Director at TrustMark, explores what consumer vulnerability really means in 2025 and how it affects the work you do every day.
In this clear and practical session, Hema Mistry, Head of Service at Quest, breaks down what every business owner needs to understand about their legal and moral responsibilities towards staff.
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