Providing pest control services in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Midlands, West Sussex, Wiltshire. Est. 1985.
PROMPT/BASIS The PROMPT/BASIS organisation ensures that individual members (the individual is the member not the company) have the correct pest control qualification to start with, the minimum requirement for entry into the scheme is the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) Pest Control Certificate, The RSPH/BPCA Level 2 Award or Level 2 Certificate in pest …
The British Pest Control Association The British Pest Control Association or BPCA is a UK trade association for pest control companies. BPCA Accreditation differs from other pest control trade associations (such as the National Pest Technicians Association or npta) in that its members have to be fully trained, insured and abide by the BPCA’s code of …
Buy With Confidence The Buy With Confidence scheme was set up by Local Authorities with the help of Trading Standards. As yet the scheme does not cover the whole of the UK and the areas are based on Local Authority areas and currently most areas covered by the scheme are in London and the southern …
During the late 90’s and early 2000’s Bumble Bees were in decline. In the past three years pest control companies have been dealing with an increasing (this year was a record for Bumble Bees at PEST UK) number of Bumble Bee enquiries. I believe that this is due to the White Tailed Bumble Bee filling …
Today (28/5/14) Mel carried out a Bed Bug treatment in a multi occupancy house in the centre of Reading for a Lettings agency. The preparation prior to a bed bug treatment is vitally important: clothes have to be removed from the bedrooms, washed or briefly tumble dried before going back into the treated room(s) while …
Bees Swarm On Aeroplane: Yesterday Mel was called out to Tag at Farnborough airport to deal with a Honey Bee swarm on a plane. As can be seen by the picture this was an exceptionally large swarm. Mel contacted a bee keeper (pictured) who took the swarm away. Unfortunately he left several hundred worker bees …
Wasp Nest Removal & Treatment: We have just started doing ‘proper’ wasp nest treatments. I mean proper nests that are live and established as opposed to removing old wasp nests, just treating Queen Wasps emerging from hibernation or one of the types of bees (usually Mason, Mining, Honey or Bumble Bees), many call outs that …
Recently I treated a mouse infestation at a house near Guildford in Surrey. The Lady was clearly alarmed by the mice, although it was not until I actually looked around the house that she realised quite how many mice were in fact present! After I showed the lady the problems, she still seemed quite concerned, …
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