PPC95 May 2019 | the journal of the UK pest management industry
28 May 2019
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In our May issue of Professional Pest Controller magazine (PPC95), we'll be taking an up close and personal look at mite monitoring, following up with a second article on cockroach programmes, and investigating potential business opportunities while protecting bees. We'll also be wrapping up PestEx 2019 - the pest management show and meeting members from the Isle of White and Ghana!
We've also got tips for financing your work vans, rodent prosecution stories from an expert witness, and an in-depth look cluster fly control.
President of the association, Phil Halpin gives us his usual foreword wrapping up the previous weeks and looking forward to how we continue to achieve BPCA's strategy.
PPC Live is for the pest management professional. Whether you’re an experienced pest control technician, a surveyor, support staff, a specialist, or just want to learn more about the sector – this one day event is for you.
BPCA Cheif Exec Ian Andrew takes a look at everything that's been happening at BPCA in the last few months in his regular PPC feature for May 2019.
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.
Did you make it into our short PestEx 2019 video? Take a look at some of the highlights from the UK pest management show.
Take a look at some of our favourite photos from the Uk's pest management show...
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.
Companies outside of Britain regularly join BPCA so they can try to emulate our best practice and access our guidance materials. Take a look at one member's experience of pest control in Ghana.
Hillbans Pest Control was awarded CEPA European quality standard certification for pest management services BS EN 16636 in February 2018. We caught up with them to see how they’re getting on with the accreditation.
Training and Development Manager, Karen Dawes, explores the ways that pest management professionals are incorporating reflection into their personal development plans.
Learn how to successfully log unstructured CPD points yourself with BPCA's individual recognition scheme - BCPA Registered.
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