29 March 2021

BPCA Life Membership awarded to CRRU Chairman

Dr Alan Buckle was the deserving recipient of the BPCA Life Membership award at the AGM on 26 March 2021. To be considered for Life Membership an individual should have demonstrated significant, sustained and high-quality service en

28 March 2021

VIDEO: Regulation of Biocides in UK - an update from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)

The Chemicals Regulation Division (CRD) within HSE regulates pesticides, biocides, industrial and consumer chemicals, detergents and the export and import of dangerous chemicals. The key pieces of legislation involved are: The Plant Prote

25 March 2021

VIDEO: Understanding biological hazards of professional pest control

 As pest technicians, you will come into contact with some form of biohazard on a daily basis. In this video, Natalie Bungay examines the biological hazards associated with the work of pest management professionals and how to mitigat

23 March 2021

BPCA negotiates lateral flow Covid-19 test discounts for pest professionals

After feedback from several member companies, BPCA has negotiated a discount on novel coronavirus antigen detection kits for the entire UK pest control sector. While Covid-19 tests are freely available to UK businesses via the gover

19 March 2021

Too much to see as PestExtra 2021 goes viral

British Pest Control Association’s digital pest management event, PestExtra 2021, saw huge numbers of visitors when it took place this week.    When Covid-19 put a temporary halt on physical events, BPCA took the lea

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: FUTURA VLOG - Digital and sustainable Pest Control is the PRESENT

In this video blog Futura shares its vision of what modern pest management should and could look like in 2021. They promise the session will be entertaining (although they assure us Germans don't have a sense of humour). Presented by: Daniel S

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Novel Mosquito Control Techniques To Combat Mosquito Borne Infections

Mosquito transmitted diseases continue to increase their incidence and geographical locations and it is therefore more important than ever to develop effective control methods. Factors such as increased insecticide resistance and environmental

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Bird Mites Environmentally Tricky, Socially Misunderstood, Technically Still Challenging

In this video Professor Olivier Sparagano, University of Hong Kong, talks through the key points to consider when fighting arthropod pests such as birds mites, to maximise its control and develop long-term strategies. This pest is also re

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Sixty Years Of Anticoagulant Resistance In The UK

Dr Alan Buckle, Rodenticide Resistance Action Group (RRAG) gives a perspective on: Unique UK regulatory decisions that restricted the use of the most potent resistance-breakers Relentless spread of multiple resistance mechanisms in both rats

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Pest Trending: Using data to control pests

Drawing on extensive experience from the food manufacturing and retail sectors Paul Westgate, Veritas Pest Consultancy, provides some practical tools and techniques to help collect, interpret and use data to drive towards a better level of pest man

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: A Modern Rat’s Tale: Dutch Experiences With Rodenticide Reduction

Recent policy changes have reduced the opportunity for the use of rodenticides for both citizens and professionals to be used and more focus is put on the principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). However, reality is unruly and in many m

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Mythbusters: Common pest management theories fact-checked

In this video Dr Jonathan Wade and Alex Wade, directors at Wade Environmental, gave a talk on common myths around pest control and did some debunking.  This presentation premiered at PestExtra 2021: the pest management show online. 

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: The Uberfication Of Pest Control: Keeping Up Without Cashing Out

In this video, Dr Poppy Wilde, Lecturer in Media and Communication, Birmingham City University, will explore the ways in which the service industry has changed through a process of Uberfication, a business model based on linking customers and servi

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Five Years Of Rodenticide Stewardship: What Have We Achieved

In this talk Dr Alan Buckle, Chairman, CRRU (UK), briefly reviewed the structure of the stewardship regime and its objectives. Achievements during this period and the latest 2020 monitoring information for barn owl residues, rodenticide r

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: The Bed Bugs Tell Us How: Early Treatment And Monitoring

To eradicate bed bugs Nattaro Labs have developed a patented diatomaceous earth (DE) containing tape that kills bed bugs at an early stage of infestation. Both early detection and the DE tape facilitate a successful treatment of bed bugs. 

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Competitive Clout with Service Tracker

In this video Mike Palmer-Day, Service Tracker, talks about using Pest Control Software as a way to run your entire business more efficiently, more productively and more harmoniously. All from a single device, and from anywhere in the world, g

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Smart Pest Management – Why digital pest management is the future

In this video Gary Nicholas, Bayer, talks about Smart Pest Management: a wireless network of high-tech trap sensors that provide 24/7 monitoring, real-time capture alerts and up-to-the-minute rodent activity verification. Helping pest controll

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: An Introduction to CALM

Every week 125 people in the UK take their own lives. And 75% of all UK suicides are male.CALM exists to change this. In this video Rosy Candlin, from CALM talks through who CALM is, what they do and the importance of talking openly about ment

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Amazing indoxacarb technology – how does it work?

In this video Daniel Lightfoot, Syngenta, gives an overview of the active ingredient of the novel insecticide indoxacarb. The talk covers how the technology works and how this can be a great tool for pest controllers in a number of s

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Remote Rodent Monitoring and Trapping - TrapMe

In this video, Kim Lauridsen Hansen, Edialux, talks about remote monitoring as a new technology and how remote monitoring can benefit your business. The TrapMe remote monitoring system will be discussed; how it works and how it provides P

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: How to leverage value from a VLINK system

The VLINK Pest Network is a comprehensive remote monitoring platform brought to you by the innovators in rodent trapping. In this video Mark Ebner, Woodstream, presents a brief overview of the system with a focus on features and functions. Con

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: The Latest In Pest Exclusion Technology

In this video Dave Colbert, Xcluder, talks about their latest pest exclusion products and how to use them. This presentation premiered at PestExtra 2021: the pest management show online.  The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) h

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Bell Sensing Technologies - iQ Products Demonstration

In this video Michael Sims from Bell Laboratories will be introducing Patrick Lynch and Brian Hensel, to discuss how iQ technology can make your job more efficient and transform your technicians from inspectors into problem solvers. This prese

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Introducing Selontra® - Our latest innovation, Cholecalciferol rodent bait

Selontra is the new and innovative, non-anticoagulant rodenticide bait from BASF. It contains cholecalciferol which offers a different mode of action while balancing performance and environmental impact. In this video Sharon Hughes, BASF,

19 March 2021

VIDEO: PestExtra: Diseases transmitted by rodents and their parasites

In this video Alex Wade, Wade Environmental, looks into the major mechanisms of how diseases travel between humans and pests, what potential impacts this has to our health and finally why we as a society should be more proactive about minimizi