The National Pest Awards are back for 2024 and remain the centrepiece of the pest industry calendar, recognising those who have excelled in pest control across the UK. This year’s National Pest Awards – which are run in association with the British Pest Control Association (BPCA), the National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA), and BASIS PROMPT…
Nigel Cheeseright returns to CRRU as chairman The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK’s new chairperson is Nigel Cheeseright. He begins a three-year term on 1 May following a two-month handover from Dr Alan Buckle, who is retiring after two decades in the role. From 2010 to 2021 with Rentokil Initial as head of…
Changes for farmers, gamekeepers and pest control businesses in new rodenticide stewardship report In readiness for all anticoagulant rodenticide purchases being restricted July onwards to their use inside and around buildings only, the latest UK Rodenticide Stewardship annual report includes for the first time an explanation specific to rodent pest control of what constitutes a…
Professional rodenticide users have two years to prepare for changes All three user groups of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) covered by the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime – pest controllers, gamekeepers and farmers – have two years to prepare for a significant change in access to such products. Despite resistance from several farming organisations,…
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Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use seeks new chairperson A new chairperson is being recruited by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use to take up the role early next year on retirement of Dr Alan Buckle, chairman since CRRU’s inception in 2004. CRRU’s ultimate objective is to reduce the incidence of rodenticide residues in barns…
The NPTA celebrated its 30th birthday in style as PestTech 2023 broke all records in Milton Keynes Three decades on from the first ever event – which had just a handful of stands when the Midlands Pest Technicians Association, as we were then called, launched it – this year’s exhibition showed exactly how far…
