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13 February 2018
Mike Ayers, Director of Precision Pest Management and BPCA Executive Board Member shares his thoughts on why it’s now more important than ever, for BPCA members to mobilise and consider the bigger picture of pest control, and join the Be Protected. P
09 February 2018
BPCA’s newest member benefit is now open for business. The online print shop allows members to personalise quality design templates for information and promotional purposes.
Sam Walker from BASC will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called "Air Rifles; Safe cleaning and transportation". We catch up with him to see what we should expect.
The inextricable link between litter and pests is clear. More rubbish, particularly food stuffs, supports the emergence of pests, and rodent infestations particularly.
02 February 2018
A new study by Reading University has identified "the massive extent of L120Q resistance across the whole of central southern England." Co-author Dr Colin Prescott explains that L120Q is the most severe form of rodenticide resistance identified to da
19 January 2018
John Dowling will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called "The end of my Tether – birds of prey and pest control". We catch up with him to see what we should expect.
16 January 2018
Killgerm's Group Head of Technical Department, Matthew, will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called Options for mosquito management in the UK. We catch up with him to see what we should expect.
Defra has opened consultation of a proposed enforcement regime for the EU Invasive Alien Species Regulation in England and Wales.
Rentokil Initial's Group Science and Innovation Director, Savvas Orthon, will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called Technology vs Technicians – how everybody wins (except the rats). We catch up with him to see what we should expect.
04 January 2018
Asa Goldschmied, Founder and Director of Proton Environmental, started out in the pest management industry five years ago now. He looks back at what it was like to change careers and his first tricky January in the business.
02 January 2018
As of 1 January 2019, the BPCA Membership criteria will be amended to state that all Servicing Members must have passed their EN16636 audits.
The Irish Pest Control Association (IPCA) Diploma is now an accepted qualification when applying or renewing BPCA Servicing Membership.
The new Code of Best Practice for The Use of Break Back Traps/Snap Traps has been released by BPCA.
20 December 2017
Urban Wildlife's Director of Wildlife, Gary Williams, will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called Actions vs impacts – a pest controller’s quandary. We catch up with him to see what we should expect.
19 December 2017
At its quarterly meeting in Brussels on 13 December 2017, CEPA (Confederation of European Pest Management Associations) confirmed the appointment of the consultancy Darwin Associates to take charge of running the CEPA secretariat in Brussels as of 1
13 December 2017
BPCA Servicing member, Healthguard Ltd, is all set to move to their new 2000 square foot unit in Lincolnshire.
The CRRU UK Best Practice Work Group has completed work with farm assurance schemes which previously met the transitional requirements so that alignment may be maintained beyond the transitional period.
Dave Archer will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called Much ado about moleing. We catch up with him to see what we should expect.
12 December 2017
Globally important bird sanctuary of South Georgia monitored to determine the success of a rodent eradication project.
BPCA Manufacturing and Distribution member, Pelsis, have won the 2017 SME of the year award at the Yorkshire Business Awards.
08 December 2017
The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) has written to Natural England expressing concern over the length of time class licences are currently being issued.
07 December 2017
A few of the BPCA Staff team headed off to Wensum Valley in Norwich earlier this week to host the last Regional Forum of 2017.
Eleven assurance schemes with combined memberships of 95,000 farm businesses will be compliant with the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime for 2018.
The days of sitting in a huge queue in the carpark full of packed up exhibitors, trying to squeeze out of the Motorcycle Museum are all over.
BPCA Marketing and Communications Manager, Ben Massey, will be leading seminar at PPC Live called No in-house marketing guru? No problem! – Marketing for smaller companies. We catch up with him to see what we should expect.
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