PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF BAYER Bayer tackles mental health with charity collaboration Following reports from the BPCA that 44% of pest controllers felt that Covid-19 had affected their mental health during the last year, Bayer has teamed up with suicide prevention charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), to help support the industry.…
The National Pest Awards have been launched to promote, reward and recognise excellence and good practice in British pest control. They are a fantastic way of rewarding some of the hard work that goes into the UK pest control industry, and also helps to reinforce it as a career of choice for the next…
NPTA ANNOUNCE A REVOLUTION IN TRAINING Keen to always put our members first and recognising that many have busy working lives, the NPTA are today announcing an initiative that we believe is unique to the pest control industry. We will now be offering training on Saturday mornings. Members will be aware that we recently announced…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE UK New barn owl study finds improved breeding performance Barn owl breeding success last year (2019) was four percent higher, at 2.66 fledglings per nest, than the preceding four-year average, according to a new report from the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. On…
PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF BAYER Beware of rodents attacking precious straw stocks Rodents are out in force again this year and with nationwide straw shortages, farmers are being urged to protect already scarce straw stocks, so they last the winter. Ken Black, national account manager at Bayer, says the poor 2020 harvest means…
PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF BAYER Bayer appoints new sales manager to lead Digital Pest Management Bayer ES has appointed a new sales manager, Gary Nicholas, to lead the latest offering to the pest control sector, Digital Pest Management. Starting his career as a trainee technician for a pest control company in Lancashire, Gary has been…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE (PPC list) Cholecalciferol rodenticides covered by stewardship regime Rodenticides based on cholecalciferol are subject to conditions of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime, operated by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK. This confirmation is prompted by new products coming to the UK…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE Surprise resistance surveillance results prompt wake-up call The spread of rats against which some rodenticides don’t work has taken a “surprising and troubling” turn, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle. New 2019-2020 survey results show not only that…
One arrest made after operation into bird of prey persecution in Wiltshire A teenager has been arrested today following two warrants executed in East Wiltshire. Led by the Wiltshire Rural Crime Team but supported by local officers, officers from Hampshire Constabulary, South West Forensics, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the National…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE Additional biosecurity for rat and mouse tail samples Additional biosecurity measures when sending rat and mouse tail samples for rodenticide resistance testing have been introduced. Farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers are asked to follow new packaging guidance at thinkwildlife.org/downloads. Two main changes…