24 September 2025
CPD As we’re sure you’re aware, from 1 January 2026, proof of competence rules for buying professional-use rodenticides are changing. If you wish to continue purchasing and using these products, you’ll need
23 September 2025
PESTAWARE Experts at British Pest Control Association (BPCA) are urging householders to be allergy aware after the tragic death of a retired nurse who is thought to have died following a reaction to bee stings. Press reports that Ka
22 September 2025
AWARDS BPCA members swept almost every category at the National Pest Awards in Manchester on 17 September. Organised by Pest in conjunction with the British Pest Control Association, the National Pest Technicians Association and Bas
INDUSTRY NEWS BPCA M&D member, Bell Laboratories announced it has been acquired by Berkshire Hathaway. The acquisition marks a new chapter in Bell Laboratories’ history. Bell Laboratories said it remains committed to
18 September 2025
BUSINESS BPCA Marketing Manager, Scott Johnstone, explores what pest control companies can do when faced with malicious or fake online reviews. He looks at how Google and Facebook handle complaints, what the law says in different parts of
16 September 2025
BIRD CONTROL Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has updated General Licence 002 (GL002), which permits the control of feral pigeons for the purposes of protecting public health, public safety and preventing the spread of disease. The changes, whic
12 September 2025
PPC120 is out now! It's a tiny pests special and we've got some great articles on Stored Product Insects with Richard Faulkner, monitoring and controlling small flies with Avril Turner, and a look at non-public health pest species wi
11 September 2025
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PPC120 | EDITORIAL We were CC’d into a brilliant email thread this week between our technical team and the BPCA Technical Committee. It all started with a fairly standard request from Niall, who was looking for some information about was
PPC120 | OPINION Christopher Venables of Venables Pest Control shares first-hand insights from France on the invasive Asian hornet - its spread, behaviour, control methods, and why stronger UK collaboration is vital. This year, curi
PPC120 | TECHNICAL In this issue of Ask the technical team, we talk insecticides, "green" pest control, flea treatments and Asian Hornets. SPEED READ: You’re likely already ‘green’, with many sustainable pest soluti
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PPC120 | PESTS IN POLITICS In her debut article, BPCA Chief Executive Rosina Robson explains how the Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 and the phased rollout of Awaab’s Law will likely affect the pest management industry. W
PPC120 | TECHNICAL Niall Gallagher, BPCA Technical Manager, provides an overview of several insect species that, although often distressing, are not classified as public health pests. Arthropods (or bugs, if you believe the ma
PPC120 | TECHNICAL In this article, Killgerm’s Avril Turner explains the importance of species identification in fly monitoring and control programmes. As per the shifting seasons, we always see an uplift in flying insect numb
PPC120 | TECHNICAL Richard Faulkner, Envu’s National Account and Technical Manager for the UK and Ireland, gives PPC readers an overview of the Stored Product Insects (SPIs) that UK pest professionals are most likely to encounter.
PPC120 | PESTWATCH Niall Gallagher, BPCA Technical Manager, gives PPC readers this complete guide to the biology, risks and control of the lesser housefly. The lesser housefly (Fannia canicularis) is a familiar but often underestima
PPC120 | YOUR ASSOCIATION PPC Editor Kat Shaw, took a trip to London in spring to visit Greg Fee, founder of Total IPM. While taking a tour of the Natural History Museum, a client of Total IPM, they talked about carrying out pest co
PPC120 | OPINION Pollinator protection legislation, tightening planning controls around listed buildings and a public obsession with all things eco-friendly have made feral honey bee jobs some of the most sensitive call-outs in the modern pest
PPC120 | BUSINESS Invoice fraud is a threat to everyone. It occurs when criminals target a legitimate payment by a customer to a business and redirect that money to another bank account. PPC asked our friends at Which? Trusted Trader for
PPC120 | MEET THE MEMBER PPC magazine editor Kat Shaw took a trip to Crawley in May, to visit Pest Control Officer Maggie Orszak, and her manager Debbie Gomez, at Crawley Borough Council. With a strong stomach, a fascination for pests, an
PPC120 | YOUR ASSOCIATION In this article, Anna Iversen from US-based equipment manufacturer B&G (a Pelsis brand) shares her expert guidance on compressed air sprayer maintenance. Drawing on over two decades in pest management, Anna w
