PPC116 | Editorial

The weather’s awful. The wasps never arrived. England (and Scotland) lost the Euros. And glue board licences... well, we’ll talk about those later. 

It’s been a strange summer so far. Someone online said they were glad that we’d had fewer wasps this year so they could instead focus on their contract clients, getting new work, and their work/life balance - so maybe a disappointing wasp season is just a matter of perspective?

For us, the elections slammed the brakes on our lobbying efforts for better glue board licences. 

We’ve ended up with a mix of wins and losses. As with much of our work, some of it hit home, and we’ve seen real tangible changes to legislation in England and Scotland.

Whether or not that creates workable glue board licence schemes that protect public health is yet to be seen.

The unveiling of our manifesto will help us stay focused on our lobbying work. We now have an entirely new government to influence, so we’re rolling up our sleeves and heading back to Westminster with new goals. 

We must now move past being ‘those noisy glue board guys’ and put public health pest management on government agendas.

BPCA’s team is set for a busy summer – we’re investigating the industry’s recruitment issues, developing our qualification framework, and offering members new benefits, events and CPD resources. 

We’re also approaching the end of our current strategy and establishing our big-ticket items for the next several years while wrapping up many current projects so they become part of the ‘day job’.

Although the summer has been full of change and several disappointments, BPCA is making plans for the future of our sector.

We’re working with our many volunteers to ensure that we continue to REPRESENT, SUPPORT, and ASSURE the industry so you can all continue to have profitable businesses, healthy staff and happy customers.

Whatever the weather, have a great summer!

Scott and Dee
PPC editors
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