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WAIT!!!  I can already feel you seeing the word ‘negotiation’, sighing and already starting to turn the page…  But hear me out and give me just ten minutes of your time to read the next couple of pages, this may very well change the way you look at what we do. Ask yourself, are you…

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 ‘building’. Summarised from guidance in the report, this means a permanent enclosed structure…

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A Holistic Approach to Fitness for Pest Management Specialists Over the next couple of posts I asked Powerlifting Champion, and World Record holder in squat & bench, Ellen Fitzgibbons from EMF Coaching to write a for me a series of guest blogs for Wade Environmental on a subject I feel needs to have a little…

With the removal of certain label conditions from our products it is right that we turn a critical eye to our products and their labels and start to ask ourselves, “but, what should I do? And when?” Burrow baiting is one of those use patterns caught up in this maelstrom of reflection, with many thinking…

After recent correspondence between Wade Environmental LTD and HSE has shared the definitions it is working to and where they can be found online for future reference. After the announcement by CRRU that the Manufacturers and Distributors steering group had unanimously agreed to remove the label uses of “Open Areas” and “Waste Dumps”, Wade Environmental…

The Directors of CRRU (The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use) have unanimously voted to remove the label condition for “Open Area” & “Waste Sites” from labels containing the Second Generation Anticoagulants, Difenacoum and Bromadiolone.

To read this article in print, head over here to the PEST Webpage. https://youtu.be/mQU44YSDkiI Shifting Perspectives. To start with, who knows what industry we work in? Is it Pest Control? Pest Management? Environmental Services?  Are we exterminators, public health operators or just the rat man (or woman). But really now, what’s in a name? Some……

Pest management as a whole process is important for a number of reasons which can be covered by the three D’s, prevention of Damage, Diseases and Distress

Pest Managers Networking is back for 2023!

Can you guess what I caught on camera in todays #MondayMotivation?
This brief video not only shows some beautiful British Wildlife but also reminds us of the necessity of a thorough Environmental Risk Assessment and the importance of the phrase, “Return often to retrieve rodent carcasses”.

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I was always told the best way to remember your hazards from your risks is to consider the following, sharks are hazardous so going for a swim is risky business.

A pest is any animal which has the capacity to do one or more of the following; cause Damage, spread Disease or trigger Distress. Therefore it is important to note that a pest isn’t just a specific species such as ‘rats’. A rat in the forest for example isn’t a pest, it is a fundamental…

A study I read some time ago indicated that during the daily activity of rodents, over a quarter of their day is spent moving, and 4% of their time is spent foraging for new food (although 18% of their day is spent eating). So why is it Pest Management is so focused on utilising that…

Listen below to the third in the series of the interviews with Wade Environmental and a selection of special guests discussing the questions that people genuinely are asking about Pest Management.

This Podcast looks at living alongside Bedbugs, but first, I think we need to have the briefest of crash courses in bedbug biology in order to fully appreciate this elusive pest.

Last year I decided to do an impromptu straw poll. I asked my friends and relatives, who in the largest part have nothing to do with pest control in any
form, what they wanted to know about the industry.

The world of bees is fun, fascinating and furthermore becoming a hot topic in the world of Pest Management, where do you stand, are you comfortable to take on work with bee’s, or do you pass it on immediately?

Wade Environmental is hosting a free to use bulletin board designed to help connect people to companies within the UK.
With this tool companies can expand and you can find exciting new opportunities for growth in this dynamic and challenging industry.

Some feedback here on just some of the things WE can do to help add value to your business, technical writing, content copy and ghost writing. “I was approached by a well known Magazine (Time Out) to write an article on insects and the environment I already knew Alex as he has been a trainer…

Recent weeks have seen some of the hottest temperatures in living memory for the UK. Temperatures so barbarically hot that many of us haven’t encountered them short of a holiday somewhere only two junctions shy of the surface of the sun, or maybe just the equator.

The latest Wade Environmental opinion piece is out now in PPC 107 discussing the potential for Pest Management Licensing, and why it is we should all give the idea some serious thought. Click here to go through to our narrated article page to learn more and to read and listen for yourselves.

So often we hear about barn owls and their status as the sentinel species in the continual monitoring of rodenticide residues in the environment. But how is it that these residues get from us, to them? A paper by D.E. Glue titled Prey taken by the Barn Owl in England and Wales in 2009 highlighted…

We all know rats and mice can be pests and one of the key attributes for falling into this category is their well know ability to harbour and transmit diseases specifically zoonotic diseases. 

So, what is zoonoses?