Professional Pest Controller Magazine Issue 98

Our March issue of Professional Pest Controller magazine (PPC98) is a PPC Live 2020 show guide special! Get an inside look at the floorplan, plan your day with our full seminar and demonstration schedule and find out who will be exhibiting at the biggest pest management show of the year!

In this issue, we also examine the 2019 BPCA Annual Report, get an inside look at the Spring Queening project in Guernsey, and take a trip to New York with Ratdetection.com.

We've also got guest articles on the importance of giving backthe future of insecticides, and written contracts for pest management work

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  • 27 February 2020

    PPC Live 2020: Online showguide

    Welcome to the PPC Live showguide: your definitive look at what’s happening at the biggest pest event of the year. On 11 March, we’ll be in beautiful Harrogate for our one-day trade exhibition designed for pest control technicia.... More

  • 27 February 2020

    Doesn't time fly when you're having fun?

    Chief Exec Viewpoint | PPC98 March 2020 That’s me, now, two years as CEO at BPCA and it’s been an exciting two years. Much done and much still to do. It’s been a pleasure to meet many of our members at our&n.... More

  • 27 February 2020

    Advert: New wettable powder

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  • 27 February 2020

    Advert: The multi-talented cockroach gel

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  • 27 February 2020

    Ask the members March 2020

    Your association | PPC98 March 2020 Technical and Compliance Officer, Natalie Bungay spent 2019 travelling all over the country talking to BPCA members. As well as answering hundreds of technical questions, she decided to turn th.... More

  • 27 February 2020

    Ask the technical team March 2020

    Technical | PPC98 March 2020 Our technical team answer questions about insect control, personal development, general licences and bed bugs in this issue. When you’re a BPCA member you can get technical su.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Spring Queening: On the trail of Asian hornets in Guernsey

    Pest control | PPC98 March 2020 Elliott Rose-King, from BPCA Consultant Member Bounty Consultancy Services, talks to PPC about a recent fact-finding visit to The Agriculture, Countryside and Landscape Management Services (ACLMS) tea.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    2020 Vision: New era for insecticides

    Pest control | PPC98 March 2020 With fewer insecticides available than in the past, keeping informed about insecticide product options is more important than ever for all parts of the pest management industry. Richard Moseley, Ba.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    PestWatch: What’s ticking off your dog?

    Technical feature | PPC98 March 2020 Dee Ward-Thompson investigates a type of tick you might not have come across yet but is slowly becoming more prevalent in the UK. At the end of last year, I went along to the Leve.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Signed, Sealed and Delivered!

    Business feature | PPC98 March 2020 Do you have a written contract for every bit of pest work you do? What needs to be in a contract anyway? We asked specialist contracts and legal services expert BEB Consultancy to expl.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Discounted bespoke contracts for BPCA members

    At BEB, we’re passionate about protecting businesses with robust contracts and support. In our experience, trades such as pest controllers are often the least well protected in this area - either because “it’s how they&rsq.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Keep your contracts watertight

    Business feature | PPC98 March 2020 On most of your jobs, you provide a quote, do the work to the best of your ability, the customer is happy and they pay you. But, as we all know, not every job goes that smoothly. Which.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Guess Whose Poo

    Technical | PPC98 March 2020 Here at BPCA, we like to bring you the hard-hitting articles. That’s why we’re publishing this guide about poop! One of the most common signs of a pest infestation is the presence.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    President's report: Writing the history of pest management

    Annual report 2019 | PPC98 March 2020 BPCA President Phil Halpin takes a look back at the highlights of a successful and noteworthy 2019 for the Association. As I write, I like to imagine where you’re reading this. .... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Treasurer's report: Nine years of membership growth

    Annual report 2019 | PPC98 March 2020 In our most recent annual report Mark Williams, Honorary Treasurer on BPCA's Executive Board, assesses the Association's finances for 2019. What a super year 2019 was. It was our firs.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    INFOGRAPHIC: the year in numbers

    Annual report 2019 | PPC98 March 2020 It's been a great year at the BPCA, with a successful PestEx and new initiatives like BPCA Registered. Take a look at the key figures from our 2019 annual report.  . More

  • 26 February 2020

    If you can make it here: Rat detection on the streets of NYC

    Your association | PPC98 March 2020 Davy Brown and Tom Naden run BPCA Associate member company, RatDetection.com, a specialist drain inspection and repair company. Started in 2007, they work solely in the UK pest control industry, fin.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Come on Board!

    Your association | PPC98 March 2020 We’re always looking for passionate and dedicated individuals to volunteer their time with us here at BPCA, whether that’s on one of our Committees or on the Association’s.... More

  • 26 February 2020

    Designed for Committee?

    Your association | PPC98 March 2020 Leaving the Servicing Committee after almost 13 years, Jenny Humphrey joined after her father, who had been an active member of the BPCA for some years, passed away. She spoke to us ab.... More

  • 21 February 2020

    Advert: Come see Pelsis at PPC Live!

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  • 21 February 2020

    BPCA Forum: YOUR local pest events

    Events | PPC98 March 2020 When we began organising regional events over ten years ago, Kevin Higgins, our Membership Manager, met with a few members in an evening. Now BPCA Forums regularly see audiences of 80+ with exhi.... More

  • 21 February 2020

    Advert: New product catalogue out now!

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  • 21 February 2020

    Advert: Fast and versatile rodent station

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