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Six new Member Directors have been chosen to help lead the Association and represent the interests of BPCA members at the highest level.
19 September 2017
BPCA Manufacturing and Distributor member, Pelsis, have announced the investment in Pelsis Holding (UK) Ltd, by LDC, the UK’s most active mid-market private equity investor on Friday 25 August 2017.
The Register of Accredited Metallic Phosphide Standards in the United Kingdom (RAMPS UK) has issued label and use changes for Aluminium Phosphide products.
BPCA has submitted a statement to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in response to their public consultation on Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3).
BPCA's quarterly industry magazine, Professional Pest Controller (PPC) is out now. Issue 88 (September 2017) is full to the brim of pest and business news and features. Get your copy free here.
13 September 2017
Earlier this year (on World Pest Day) we published our National Survey of local authorities as part of the worldwide campaign aimed to penetrate mainstream media, raising awareness of pest control generally, but also its influence on public health.
Complete Pest Control’s 21-year-old boss, Oliver Fitzgerald grasped the challenge of starting a business immediately after A Levels. He talks to us about the challenges of being a young pest control company owner.
BPCA announced earlier this year that it’s Pest Control Employer Development Group (EDG) had produced the Pest Control Technician Apprenticeship Standard ready for submission to the Trailblazer Apprenticeship scheme. We caught up with the new Chair o
Lewis Westlake, from Servicing Member company Acute Pest Control, has passed his Level 2 Award in Pest Management qualification at the tender age of only 18 years old.
Henry Mott has served as BPCA President and still actively runs a pest management company here in the UK. Now he’s taken his seat at the top of the table for the Confederation of European Pest Management Associations (CEPA).
Following a request from the Fumigation and Controlled Environments (FaCE) Forum, BPCA travelled to the village of Boothby Graffoe to take a stand at the technical agricultural event Cereals. We brought along members of the FaCE Forum to talk about a
A professional pest controller had to do a double take - and take a deep breath - after coming face-to-face with a skunk in Surrey.
The ninth incarnation of ICUP took place at Aston University in Birmingham in July. Held every three years, the 2017 edition attracted a worldwide delegation of academics as well as many pest management professionals from the UK.
31 August 2017
Karen Dawes has joined the BPCA staff team as our new Training Development Manager. Karen has worked within the trade association sector for several years, most recently for the National Federation of Builders (NFB) which represent the needs of SMEs
BPCA Membership Officer Rachel Eyre was thanked for her long service at the BPCA Annual General Meeting 2017. She has been with BPCA for 25 years and has held a variety of roles across the Association, including training, events and now membership ad
In July the UK hosted the first international Island Invasives conference in the Northern hemisphere. The event brought together world experts in tackling invasive species to share experience, discoveries and ideas about the management of these speci
16 August 2017
Public health officials have confirmed that they have found fleas in Arizona, the USA that have tested positive for the bubonic plague
09 August 2017
BPCA Servicing Members, Cleankill Pest Control win Service Provider of the Year at inaugural ACE Awards.
31 July 2017
Eight anticoagulant rodenticide active substances have been identified as “Candidates for Substitution”, as part of the Biocidal Products Regulation.
27 July 2017
A new document has been released by The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) UK
Manufacturing and Distributors Member, Killgerm, have been awarded ISO 14001:2015 for Environmental Management Systems (EMS).
The BASIS PROMPT app for pest technicians has been given a fresh lease of life.
14 July 2017
With over 600 days left to go until PestEx 2019 – we’ve already got 75% of the available stand space booked or on hold for exhibitors, suggesting an even bigger show than this year.
29 June 2017
BPCA recently joined 21 pest management associations from around the world to form the Global Pest Management Coalition.
21 June 2017
This week, BPCA Events Manager, Lauren Day visited the Facilities Management show at ExCeL, London following a request from Servicing Member Beaver Pest Control to lend a helping hand on their exhibition stand.
Tom Holmes, Head of Product Development at Pelsis Group was yesterday elected as the new BPCA President.
02 May 2025
BPCA has committed to developing new Level 3 pest management qualifications as part of a new industry qualification framework.
24 March 2025
PPC118 is out now and packed full of great content.
05 June 2025
Press release: Following the success of the insect ID flashcards, Veritas Pest Consultancy have released vertebrate flashcards - with bonus rodent droppings!
29 May 2025
Voting has officially opened in the BPCA Member Elections 2025, with 13 nominees standing for SIX open seats on the Executive Board.
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