22 May 2019
Watch back our webinar on direct bait application in burrows presented by BPCA Field Officer, Natalie Bungay. Burrow baiting is a technique used by professional pest controllers to reduce/eliminate neophobia to bait containers when controlling r
Health and safety | PPC95 May 2019 Pest infestations, particularly associated with rodents, cause more emergency closures of food businesses than virtually anything else. When googling ‘rodent risks’, you could be forgive
Business feature | PPC95 May 2019 Leasing is rapidly becoming the go-to mobility choice for businesses running commercial vehicles. There are three key reasons why: cost, compliance and choice. We asked LeasePlan, a commercial vehicl
21 May 2019
Your association | PPC95 May 2019 Hillbans Pest Control was awarded CEPA European quality standard certification for pest management services BS EN 16636 in February 2018. We caught up with owner Sandra Knowles to see how they&r
Business feature | PPC95 May 2019 Will your pest management business be affected by the new Clean Air Zones? A Clean Air Zone (CAZ) is an area where special measures are taken to improve air quality. Various local authorities, i
Business feature | PPC95 May 2019 Faulty vehicles are the bane of every fleet operator. They can cost your business a lot of time and money while you wait for them to be fixed. In fact, the cost of having a vehicle off the road can b
Your association | PPC95 May 2019 BPCA now has a Primary Authority! I bet you’re wondering what this is, why we’d want one, and what it means for members? BPCA Technical Manager, Dee Ward-Thompson, explains the new partnership
Technical | PPC95 May 2019 Rodenticide confusion, open trays, resistance searches and invasive hornet questions are all in the BPCA Technical team inbox this issue. When you’re a BPCA member you can get technical support w
Your association | PPC95 May 2019 If you were at PestEx 2019 you’d have seen people representing pest management companies from around the world in attendance. There are a variety of standards internationally in pest management
Training | PPC95 May 2019 When BPCA Registered launched in January this year, it offered a number of new approaches to continual professional development for employees of BPCA members. One of those new approaches was around unst
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Training | PPC95 May 2019 Learn how to successfully log unstructured CPD points yourself with BPCA's individual recognition scheme - BCPA Registered. Reflective learning has been introduced through unstructured learning
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15 May 2019
BPCA member company Abate Pest Management has announced that they have been named a Future50 Company. Future50 is a business growth programme that's designed to recognise Norfolk and Suffolk's most innovative companies. Jo
14 May 2019
BPCA has written to Secretary of State Gove in regards to Defra's call for evidence on the impact of the revoking of three general licences for bird control. The letter is published in full here. You can download the letter as a PDF here
08 May 2019
Defra has initiated a formal evidence gathering exercise to capture information from all concerned parties about the impact of the recent withdrawal of three general licences for bird control. BPCA is collecting the evidence of membe
On Friday 3 May Natural England published two new general licences for controlling birds. The licences, which allows people to kill or take Canada geese to preserve public health and safety and wood pigeon for preventing serious damage to crop
02 May 2019
CPS Myanmar (Burma) is in need of a Pest Technician or Field Biologist to assist our 50 technicians throughout the country. They're looking for a motivated, detail oriented, committed problem solver to join our team based in Yangon, Myanmar.
Yesterday (Wednesday 1 May 2019) BPCA met with Natural England to discuss how pest management professionals can continue to protect public health after general licences for bird control were revoked last week. SPEED READ BPCA has met with Nat
29 April 2019
Natural England has published the first of the new general licences for controlling birds. The licence starts to replace the previous general licences for controlling carrion crows, a priority species for farmers looking to
26 April 2019
Last night (Thursday 25 April) the general licences for bird control in England were revoked after a legal challenge. Natural England is expected to release new licences next week; however, pest management professionals can still legally use l
05 May 2019
BPCA has released eight short online learning programmes covering key skills such as communication, data protection, health and safety, and management. Micro-learning courses allow you to study in short bursts, at your own pace. The
25 April 2019
Scottish Natural Heritage has reassured users of their general licences that they remain in place in Scotland. In light of the recent decision by Natural England to revoke three of their general licences for controlling certain wild birds, Sco
All professionals involved in rodent control have a role in tackling the spread of rats that survive high potency rodenticides, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle. In November last year, resistan
24 April 2019
BPCA has been alerted that as of this Thursday (25 April 2019), Natural England is revoking three general licences for controlling certain wild bird species in England. The revoked licences (GL 04/05/06) cover 16 species of birds “includ
23 April 2019
Legislation to ban certain rodenticides in California, USA is now heading to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for approval. If approved, Bill AB 1788 would: Ban second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) f
