11 May 2018
Events | PPC91 May 2018 Third time’s the charm for BPCA’s roaming trade show, PPC Live. With more visitors, exhibitors, and positive feedback than ever before – we’re calling it a win for everyone involved.
Events | PPC91 May 2018 PPC Live 2018 in numbers. Take look at the feedback, stats and figures from pest controls's biggest get together this year! < Contents Next article >
Business practice | PPC91 May 2018 Director of Precision Pest Management Solutions and BPCA Executive Board Member, Mike Ayers, shares his thoughts on why it’s now more important than ever for BPCA members to mobilise and consider the
Your association | PPC91 May 2018 I am delighted to share with you an overview of our strategy for the next three years. In the spirit of “driving excellence in pest management” let’s take the idea of driving as an analogy
Your association | PPC91 May 2018 BPCA’s new consumer-facing blog has launched. PestAware provides domestic and commercial pest advice, encouraging potential clients to use the Find a Pest Controller tool getting BPCA members even mor
Environment | PPC91 May 2018 A good wasp season can give the diligent pest controller a tidy profit, and so there is the temptation to rely on these returns in subsequent years. However wasp work can be a fickle game, and you could fin
Pest control | PPC91 May 2018 One day I’ll fly away… but until then, we’ll press ahead practising the principles of integrated pest management (IPM) with vigour, says Ralph Izod, Managing Director of BPCA member company D
Ecology | PPC91 May 2018 BPCA’s newest special interest group, Beewise, has been put to work trying to take the sting out of communicating with clients about bees around the home. As we enter into the end of Spring and
Press release | PestAware National trade body the British Pest Control Association (BPCA) is issuing an appeal to the British public to ‘bee-aware’ as warmer weather looms. BPCA is issuing a timely message for those
10 May 2018
Study finds New York mice harboured disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes. When you think New York pest problems, your mind might well jump straight to rats. After all, New York City gave us the rat safari (featured in PP
Pest control | PPC91 May 2018 As the process of how we deal with our waste evolves, so does our requirement to protect it from flies. Clive Boase, Principal Consultant of BPCA member company the Pest Management Consultancy, explores the pro
Pest control | PPC91 May 2018 As professional pest controllers, many of us deal with large and small food sites and it is essential that we focus on which pests pose the most significant risk to our customers. Although rodent infestations t
Technical | PPC91 May 2018 For our second in-depth PestWatch feature, Natalie and Dee are doffing their caps to the most regal of all the species you’re likely to encounter - the queen wasp. Wasps are beneficial in gar
Technical | PPC91 May 2018 With an extensive variety of insecticides available on the market there are many factors to take into consideration when selecting an appropriate product for a job. Bayer Technical Manager, Richard Moseley, g
Business practice | PPC91 May 2018 In this issue’s Meet the Member we catch up with Ralph Izod, the Founder and Managing Director of longstanding BPCA member Dyno-Pest. A bit of background After studying chemistry at
Business practice | PPC91 May 2018 Martin Harvey heads up Harvey Environmental Services and sits on the BPCA Executive Board. His company was named as Pendle’s Most Outstanding Business and was shortlisted for an O2 business awar
Business practice | PPC91 May 2018 Following his recent visits to Regional Forums, Robert Harris, of Harris Associates, has sat down to put some of his ideas about pest control tendering on paper for PPC readers. Harris Associates is a
Business practice | PPC91 May 2018 There are lots of reasons for joining a trade association but ultimately people choose BPCA because we make your business more profitable. These are our top five member benefits that help you a
Business practice | PPC91 May 2018 Michael Collins is Managing Consultant at Database Marketing Counsel providing database marketing and CRM consultancy. He turns his attention to the world of pest control to help us rethink how we col
Pest control | PPC91 May 2018 Here at BPCA we have some pretty specialised companies working together to make sure we keep our standards high, swap useful knowledge and get the details of industry changes out to members. Martin Cobbald, Cha
09 May 2018
Technical | PPC91 May 2018 Are you a pest technician who’s seen it all? Time to prove it! Eyes down, look in and play... WASP NEST BINGO! We asked pest controllers the weirdest places they’ve encountered wasps nests while o
08 May 2018
The UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia is officially declared free of rodents for the first time since humans arrived on the, due to the world's largest rodent control programme. Speed read: The Habitat Restoration Project is more than eigh
The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) is issuing an appeal to the British public to ‘bee-aware’ as we experience warmer climates. In May (typically), flowering plants and insects emerge, and bees start to make their move out
04 May 2018
Technical | PPC91 May 2018 When you’re a BPCA member you can get technical support whenever you need it via our experienced technical team. Here are just a few of the latest questions posed... SUBJECT: CONSTRUCTION SITES
Events | PPC91 May 2018 There’s a very important line in our updated strategy all about educating the whole supply chain about the value of a BPCA member. Short of going door-to-door with a handful of flyers, how do you spread th
