Pest control feature articles, stories and analysis

In-depth pest management features written for Profesional Pest Controller (PPC) magazine. Freely available online for UK pest management professionals, these feature articles have been produced by pest control experts from around the world for the British Pest Control Association’s magazine - online and in print. 

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  • 16 November 2017

    Your Association: Get involved with PPC magazine

    A considerable amount of time and resources get dedicated to creating PPC magazine. Content and Communications Officer, Scott Johnstone, looks to what the future holds for PPC and how you can be involved in its development in 2018.. More

  • 16 November 2017

    Ask the Technical Team November 2017

    Being the leading association for pest management in the UK means that you get a lot of professional pest control questions piling up in your inbox.. More

  • 16 November 2017

    Is professional pest control training your competitive advantage?

    How do you promote competitive advantage, particularly in a sector where most companies do the same thing? BPCA Training Development Manager, Karen Dawes, tells us her thoughts on how training can be turned into your unique selling point. . More

  • 02 November 2017

    EDG release apprenticeship End Point Assessment for consultation

    BPCA’s Employer Development Group (EDG), responsible for driving the trailblazer apprenticeship standard for professional pest management has today released the End Point Assessment for consultation with the industry. . More

  • 09 October 2017

    Simon Forrester to leave as BPCA Chief Executive 

    After a hugely successful tenure as chief executive of the British Pest Control Association, Simon Forrester will be leaving his role with the association, in January of next year. . More

  • 04 October 2017

    All employers have automatic enrolment duties – don’t ignore it. It’s the law

    A guest article by Darren Ryder, Director of Automatic Enrolment, The Pensions Regulator. Are you ready for automatic enrollment? . More

  • 19 September 2017

    PPC88 out now

    BPCA's quarterly industry magazine, Professional Pest Controller (PPC) is out now. Issue 88 (September 2017) is full to the brim of pest and business news and features. Get your copy free here.. More

  • 13 September 2017

    Pestwatch

    Tips and tricks from the BPCA technical team to see you through the last bit of the year’s pest problems.. More

  • 13 September 2017

    That’s newts to me

    Jonathan Walker from BPCA Member company, Eradipest, expected a straightforward rodent problem. However, his site survey revealed that rats weren’t the only species that had made themselves at home.. More

  • 13 September 2017

    A site survey for sore eyes: external urban pest control

    What happens when your survey shows evidence of rats, badgers, deer, foxes and even slowworms? Gary Williams from Urban Wildlife investigates. . More

  • 13 September 2017

    Ask the Technical Team September 2017

    Being the leading association for pest management in the UK means that you get a lot of professional pest control questions piling up in your inbox. When you’re a BPCA member you can get technical support whenever you need it via our experienced t.... More

  • 13 September 2017

    ICUP: warm reception boosts urban pests

    The ninth incarnation of ICUP took place at Aston University in Birmingham in July. Held every three years, the 2017 edition attracted a worldwide delegation of academics as well as many pest management professionals from the UK.. More

  • 13 September 2017

    Pests on holiday

    Do you struggle to leave work at home when you go away on holiday? Rather be doing a bit of pest management than topping up the tan? No, we don’t either. Regardless, we press on... Here are PPC’s top holiday pests you may (or may not) fancy wrestl.... More

  • 13 September 2017

    Apptastic! Smarter pest control at your fingertips

    The digital software arms race has never been so competitive. For smaller companies, choosing the right application to help drive that bottom line up can be a challenging activity to undertake. Ben Massey takes a look at the options.... More

  • 13 September 2017

    Rats underfoot; drainage engineer or pest control technician?

    What do you do when you suspect a rodent’s route of entry is from a flaw in the inaccessible pipes beneath your feet? We asked drainage expert, Mick Grant from BPCA Associate Member company, MG Drainage, to give us an insight into the potentially.... More

  • 13 September 2017

    Cereals 2017: wake up to fumigation

    Following a request from the Fumigation and Controlled Environments (FaCE) Forum, BPCA travelled to the village of Boothby Graffoe to take a stand at the technical agricultural event Cereals. We brought along members of the FaCE Forum to talk abou.... More

  • 13 September 2017

    Macro-scale eradication; the only way to be sure?

    Simon Forrester investigates whether or not complete eradication of a species is the only way to preserve public health, and the hidden impacts of wiping out a pest organism.. More

  • 13 September 2017

    The Brit in Brussels

    Henry Mott has served as BPCA President and still actively runs a pest management company here in the UK. Now he’s taken his seat at the top of the table for the Confederation of European Pest Management Associations (CEPA).. More

  • 13 September 2017

    Level 2 qualified at 18!

    Lewis Westlake, from Servicing Member company Acute Pest Control, has passed his Level 2 Award in Pest Management qualification at the tender age of only 18 years old.. More

  • 13 September 2017

    Apprenticeships update

    BPCA announced earlier this year that it’s Pest Control Employer Development Group (EDG) had produced the Pest Control Technician Apprenticeship Standard ready for submission to the Trailblazer Apprenticeship scheme. We caught up with the new Chai.... More

  • 13 September 2017

    Today’s youth, tomorrow’s pest techs!

    Complete Pest Control’s 21-year-old boss, Oliver Fitzgerald grasped the challenge of starting a business immediately after A Levels. He talks to us about the challenges of being a young pest control company owner. . More

  • 13 September 2017

    Review: BPCA National Survey and the media

    Earlier this year (on World Pest Day) we published our National Survey of local authorities as part of the worldwide campaign aimed to penetrate mainstream media, raising awareness of pest control generally, but also its influence on public health. . More

  • 13 September 2017

    The future started yesterday: Barcelona Pest Control Innovation Forum

    In late May Simon Forrester attended the second Barcelona Pest Control Innovation Forum, organised by ADEPAP, the Catalonian Pest Management Association.. More

  • 13 September 2017

    Your new (digital) home

    Moving home is always scary, especially when you share it with 600+ members. A website is more than a digital presence – it’s the interconnected home of a membership organisation, its members and affiliates. Oh, and BPCA’s home gets nearly a milli.... More

  • 13 September 2017

    Shout it from the rooftops

    With the first wave of independent audits to the British Standard have been completed. We ask Dee Ward-Thompson, BPCA Technical Manager, “What comes next?". More

 

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