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  • 11 May 2018

    Leave it to the professionals: Considering the bigger picture of pest control

    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.... More

  • 11 May 2018

    Road trip to success: BPCA Strategic Plan 2018-2020

    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 anal.... More

  • 10 May 2018

    Meet the member: Talking client-based growth with Dyno-Pest

    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.... More

  • 10 May 2018

    Top 5 BPCA member benefits for getting more customers

    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 yo.... More

  • 04 May 2018

    BPCA at the Manchester Cleaning Show and FoodEx

    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.... More

  • 04 May 2018

    Imagine a place…

    Events | PPC91 May 2018 ...where pest controllers get together to learn something new, share ideas, meet local product distributors, eat bacon and drink a lot of coffee. A place that brings together like-minded professionals, expert.... More

  • 04 May 2018

    THE LOWDOWN: Level 2 Pest Control Technician Apprenticeship

    Training | PPC91 May 2018 In May 2015 a group of 14 companies, large and small, approached BPCA for help in gathering a Trailblazer group together to create an apprenticeship for pest control technicians. Three years on, Karen Dawes, BPC.... More

  • 30 April 2018

    BPCA partnership with Hotel Facility Management Expo

    We are excited to announce BPCA will be working with the Hotel Facilities Management Expo as official partners for their trade show, held in the ExCel on 25-26 September 2018. The Hotel Facilities Management Expo is the ultimate destinati.... More

  • 09 April 2018

    BPCA responds to ECHA Cholecalciferol public consultation

    The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is inviting responses from relevant parties in response to derogating Cholecalciferol to the exclusion criteria. BPCA, on behalf of all its members, has responded. An extract from the response is, &ldqu.... More

  • 16 March 2018

    PPC Live feedback: win an Amazon Kindle Fire tablet

    If you attended PPC Live 2018, we'd like you to answer a few questions to help us improve for future years. If you provide an email address at the end of the survey, we'll enter you into a prize draw where you could win an Amazon Kindle Fire table.... More

  • 16 March 2018

    When professional pest control got together: PPC Live 2018

    On 14 March 2018, the public health pest control sector got together in Malvern, Worcestershire for BPCA’s tradeshow, PPC Live. With a mix of British and international exhibitors, PPC Live brought together the pest management visito.... More

  • 09 March 2018

    Second BPCA member delivers gold award

    Member story | BPCA online Surrey based Cleankill has become the first pest control company in England to be awarded the Investors in People Gold Standard, demonstrating the company’s commitment to high performance through good peo.... More

  • 08 March 2018

    PPC90 and PPC Live Showguide out now

    Professional Pest Controller issue 90 and the PPC Live showguide are out now. The BPCA member and industry magazine is packed full of all the latest pest control news and features (March 2018). PPC magazine is made for our members, pest.... More

  • 07 March 2018

    PPC Live quick showguide

    PPC Live showguide | PPC90 March 2018 See what's happening at PPC Live 2018 and plan your day with our handy showguide quick view. Indoor seminar schedule  9.30 - 10.15 No in-house marketing guru? No problem! – M.... More

  • 07 March 2018

    Professional pest control is getting together!

    The stage is set for the most important pest management event of 2018. Held on Wednesday 14 March 2018 at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire – PPC Live should have a firm place in your diary. This year, PPC Live is a.... More

  • 07 March 2018

    PPC Live: Meet the speaker - Clive Boase

    Feature pest control | PPC90 March 2018 We catch up with Clive to find out what we should expect from his upcoming seminar at PPC Live 2018 titled Resistance – back to basics. I have worked in the pest control industry f.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    Unbugging local authority pest control

    Feature meet the member | PPC90 March 2018 While many local authorities are scaling back their pest control work (or cutting it altogether), the PPC team went to meet a local authority that’s ramping up pest management w.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    Back to school pest awareness

    Feature business practice | PPC90 March 2018 Dee and Natalie usually spend time talking pest awareness to high-ups in food premises or the hospitality industry but sometimes something different comes along... It’s a.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    INFOGRAPHIC: A look at 2017

    Feature your association | PPC90 March 2018 2017 was when BPCA set its sights firmly on engagement and satisfaction. More members, their employees and associated industries engage with us than ever before. The aim in 2018 is to drive for.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    BPCA ‘paralleled governance’ dates

    Feature your association | PPC90 March 2018 2018 sees the realisation of BPCA’s paralleled committee meeting structure. In previous years Servicing Committee meetings had been placed close to Executive Board meetings for convenienc.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    A blow for LAMMA18

    Events feature | PPC90 March 2018 In its last year at the East of England Showground, LAMMA took place during 17-18 January. BPCA’s team joined the thousands of agricultural industry specialists – for what turned out.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    Haven’t registered for your Regional Forum yet?

    Events feature| PPC90 March 2018 BPCA hosts events for everyone interested in pest management all around the UK. Regional Forums are completely free to attend, so we can only think of three reasons why you haven’t registere.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    Top 12 benefits of advanced skills development in pest management

    Training feature| PPC90 March 2018 BPCA Training Development Manager, Karen Dawes, takes a look at the relative merits of doing more than 'the bare minimum'. As the recommended industry standard, the Level 2 Award in Pest Manage.... More

  • 06 March 2018

    BPCA’s Contract Sharing Network (CSN) – 12 months on

    Officially launched at PestEx 2017, the CSN was developed by a group of small and medium BPCA member companies. These were either tired of being let down by smaller sub-contractors, or aggravated at the way some larger companies were treating them.... More

  • 28 February 2018

    New pest advice blog launched for pest awareness week - PestAware

    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. PestAware – the pest control blog is our commitment t.... More