The Wade Environmental March On the Road Tour was all about supporting our industries fantastic Trade Associations. The BPCA and NPTA both work tirelessly to make sure that their members are supported and our industry finds a voice.
Tag: pest control
Winter is a time of year which usually sees rodents coming in from the wilderness and pushing at the peripheries of the areas we are looking to protect.
But what is it the drives their behaviour? It is all too easy to just pass rodents off as mindless vermin, automaton which do nothing more complicated than react to stimulus in a predictable way. But anyone who has spent more than a passing moment watching rats and mice knows that this could not be further from the truth.
In this video, Wade Environmental’s Alex Wade talks about the IPM farm: what is it, what does it do and why should you be interested?
This introduction into the IPM Farm covers what we can do to manage pests in rural environments, how we can have the maximum impacts with the minimal costs.
Do you know the difference between Seeing something, and Observing it? Although these may seem like synonyms and the distinction to be a trite one, the concept of seeing over observing was best described by Arthur Conan Doyle with his character Sherlock Holmes
Help for new Pest Control Businesses is here
Recently many of you will have been made award that the HSE has made the decision to enforce minimum standards of quality on bait boxes used in the UK.
Pest technician jobs in the UK, If you’re looking for a job in Pest Control, or looking to hire someone new
Learn how to identify the most commonly encountered public health pests using a range of skills from dichotomous keys to a little bit of observational magic.
Regardless of your profession have you ever turned up to job and instantly recognised a problem but been hesitant because its resolution sits outside your industry?
This weeks training spotlight is Night school led by training and pest expert, Alex Wade and held by the BPCA.
“A year ago, Alex Wade took on the challenge to manage the pests on a farm in Hampshire. Here he details his work over the lsat 12 months.”
A review of 2021, my plans for 2022 and the WINNER of the very first Wade Environmental Sponsorship Award. 2021 was a big year for us, as it was also our very first year. The challenges we faced were only matched by the rewards garnered by overcoming them.
For many Christmas Eve heralds half days and staff parties. Yet for those of us out there that keep cultures of insects (like this thriving B.orientalis colony) Christmas Eve, and even Christmas day is a day like any other.
Response to an article in PPC Magazine.
The Glue Board Offences Bill has been published online. Make sure you keep up to date with all the current information to ensure your service remains professional and compliant over this transition period.
PestTech21 was tremendous fun and a wonderful opportunity to catch up with some old faces and meet some new ones.
In Pest Management it can seem like there’s a division between Pest Management and the wider environment. But this need not necessarily be the case.
Mid 2020 during the hullabaloo that was the second UK lockdown, I saw a tweet, and to this day it haunts me still. It was in reply to a person getting a quote from a Pest Management Company regarding the price of a mouse treatment for their property. How much?! Its a mouse, not a f*cking Bengal Tiger The ridiculous thing however, is that the price being quoted wasnt that high.
The latest issue of PEST Magazine, October/November Issue
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