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03 August 2021
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BPCA has begun its lobbying effort to keep rodent glue boards in the toolkits of pest professionals.
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22 August 2019
What does championing professionalism in pest management look like today?
Launched at PestEx 2017, the Contract Sharing Network (CSN) is celebrating a significant step forward.
Jonathan Walker from BPCA member company Eradipest has been experimenting with proactive bee management.
Want to get more involved in your Association? Why not come along to one of our Servicing Committee meetings and find out what it’s about?
21 August 2019
Karen Dawes, BPCA Training Development Manager, takes a look at some great examples of CPD for people at all stages of their careers.
Jane Shepherd from BPCA’s agency, Shepherd PR, talks about why it’s important to have a concentrated PR effort.
22 July 2019
Conditions under which permanent baiting with rodenticide is allowed have been updated by CRRU UK to cover a critical difference between outdoor and indoor locations.
A health and safety risk assessment considers the hazards present in a task or activity. RAs looks at the likelihood of harm that might occur and the severity of that harm.
11 July 2019
BPCA's Executive Board confirmed the selection of a new Chair in May this year.
27 June 2019
An update on the current (June 2019) bird general licences issued by Defra and Natural England in England.
28 May 2019
Professional pest controller magazine issue 95 is out now and available to read online for free. The magazine can be read online or downloaded as a PDF.
PestEx 2019 saw an incredible 29% increase in total visitors as over 100 pest management product and service suppliers descended on ExCeL London in March.
Need proof that PestEx is the biggest and most significant event in the professional pest management diary? Take a look at our infographic to see how the show has grown and improved over the years.
Steve Broadbent from Ensystex is back, this time we’re talking about what makes for a precise and targeted baiting programme.
Mites are small. Really small. Infestations are notoriously hard to spot until a site has a massive problem with a large population of mites. Can you confirm if your customer has mites early?
BPCA Consultant member John Lloyd is back in PPC, giving us advice on how to spot and treat for these rare pests.
Richard Moseley of Bayer CropScience investigates what a pest management professional can do to foster a strong customer relationship.
BPCA Field Officer, Natalie, is back again with some more seasonal pest management advice. This PestWatch we’re taking a look at the tiny cluster fly.
The chemicals that are necessary for life as we know it in the 21st century have had widely documented negative impacts upon invertebrate. What can we as pest management professionals can do about it?
22 May 2019
Pest infestations, particularly associated with rodents, cause more emergency closures of food businesses than virtually anything else. Dr Stuart-Moonlight investigates.
Leasing is rapidly becoming the go-to mobility choice for businesses running commercial vehicles. There are three key reasons why: cost, compliance and choice.
21 May 2019
Will your pest management business be affected by the new Clean Air Zones? Birmingham, Bath, Leeds and Glasgow, will be introducing CAZs over the next few years.
Faulty vehicles are the bane of every pest controller. 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 be as much as £1,000 per day.
BPCA now has a Primary Authority! What is it? Why do we want one, and what it means for members? Dee explains the new partnership.
Rodenticide confusion, open trays, resistance searches and invasive hornet questions are all in the BPCA Technical team inbox this issue.
16 January 2023
Edialux Professional is now offering a whole host of exclusive benefits for fellow BPCA members.
03 January 2023
BPCA member 1env is offering members exclusive discounts on their personalised workwear. Buy any four embroidered clothing items and get one more free as a BPCA member.
BPCA has partnered with Kwik Fit to provide members with discounts on their car and van maintenance needs.
03 February 2023
BPCA member Envu UK has announced the withdrawal of Ficam D (Bendiocarb) from the market due to "regulatory measures".
Press release: International Pheromone Systems has appointed Ian Morris as Assistant Operations Manager at the company’s headquarters in Cheshire.
30 January 2023
Press release: Pest control solutions manufacturer, BASF, is launching a non-toxic Monitoring Paste to enable pest controllers to detect early rodent activity, it has announced.
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