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

09 February 2018

BPCA’s PrintShop open for business

BPCA’s newest member benefit is now open for business. The online PrintShop allows members to personalise quality design templates for information and promotional purposes.  A means of improving how, particularly smaller compa.... More

09 February 2018

PPC Live: Meet the speaker - Sam Walker

Sam Walker, from the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called "Air Rifles; Safe cleaning and transportation". We catch up with him to see what we should expect. It is esti.... More

09 February 2018

Pest Awareness Week is just rubbish

The inextricable link between litter and pests is clear. More rubbish, particularly food stuffs, supports the emergence of pests, and rodent infestations particularly.  Research from the Animal and Plant Health Agency explored hou.... More

19 January 2018

PPC Live: Meet the speaker - John Dowling

John Dowling will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called "The end of my Tether – birds of prey and pest control". We catch up with him to see what we should expect. About me and John Dowling Falconry I had been a Bird fanatic si.... More

16 January 2018

PPC Live: Meet the speaker - Matthew Davies

Killgerm's Group Head of Technical Department, Matthew, will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called Options for mosquito management in the UK. We catch up with him to see what we should expect. A bit of background on Matthew I am the He.... More

16 January 2018

PPC Live: Meet the speaker - Savvas Othon

Rentokil Initial's Group Science and Innovation Director, Savvas Orthon, will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called Technology vs Technicians – how everybody wins (except the rats). We catch up with him to see what we should expect. .... More

04 January 2018

The January I started out in pest control - Asa's story

Asa Goldschmied, Founder and Director of Proton Environmental, started out in the pest management industry five years ago now. He looks back at what it was like to change careers and his first tricky January in the business.   .... More

02 January 2018

Servicing Members must pass their EN16636 audits in 2019

As of 1 January 2019, the BPCA Membership criteria will be amended to state that all Servicing Members must have passed their EN16636 audits. Members must make sure all non-conformities are closed out by the deadline date, or they will be una.... More

02 January 2018

IPCA Diploma now accepted for BPCA membership

The Irish Pest Control Association (IPCA) Diploma is now an accepted qualification when applying or renewing BPCA Servicing Membership. The membership criteria for all Servicing Member states that “all staff involved in the eradic.... More

02 January 2018

BPCA Release New Code of Best Practice on Snap Back Traps

The new Code of Best Practice for The Use of Break Back Traps/Snap Traps has been released by BPCA. BPCA Codes of Best Practice (COBP) are written rules which explain how people working in the pest management industry should behave.... More

20 December 2017

PPC Live: Meet the speaker - Gary Williams

Urban Wildlife's Director of Wildlife, Gary Williams, will be leading a seminar at PPC Live called Actions vs impacts – a pest controller’s quandary. We catch up with him to see what we should expect.  As a young.... More

13 December 2017

Healthguard moves to larger premises to meet expansion goals

BPCA Servicing member, Healthguard Ltd, is all set to move to their new 2000 square foot unit in Lincolnshire. The move was sparked by their ambitious expansion plans for continued organic growth and expansion by acquisition following the rec.... More

12 December 2017

Pelsis wins Yorkshire business award

BPCA Manufacturing and Distribution member, Pelsis, have won the 2017 SME of the year award at the Yorkshire Business Awards. The awards celebrate the very best of Yorkshire businesses, and Pelsis was up against some outstanding local com.... More

08 December 2017

BPCA lobby Natural England on delay in securing bird licences

The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) has written to Natural England expressing concern over the length of time class licences are currently being issued.   In a letter to Natural England, BPCA stated concern for food saf.... More