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Pest Control UK provides regular news stories written by experts in pest control. Our articles cover a wide range of pests, and focus on the problems that these pests cause and what you can do about them. Submitted throughout the year, this information resource changes with the seasons, enabling you to find solutions to your problems quickly and easily.

Processing Plants Targeted
Food processors are a growth market for pest control companies as they traditionally rely on staff to keep insects and rodents at bay, according to a new report. It shows that, in general, restaurants and other facilities operating kitchens are almo...

Choosing A Pest Control Company
Discovering a pest problem or infestation that is threatening your property, your health or even just your peace of mind can be a major annoyance. The last thing one needs in this situation is the added stress of finding a reputable pest control com...

Sheltering From The Cold
Now that we're on the cusp of February, residents across the UK are bracing themselves for the cold, wet weather that usually hits the UK at this time every year. It is now that you may want to take a moment to glance around your home, looking for ...

The Pest Control Future
I'm sometimes a little disappointed by the lack of technical progress that's been made in my lifetime. Sure, we now have computers, DVD players, wall-to-wall plasma-screen TVs, and mobile phones that can make calls, send and receive e-mail, take pict...

Bed Bug Battles
The conflict between humans and insect pests has raged for centuries, but few battles boast the sheer make-your-skin-crawl ick factor as the war between people and bed bugs. And the battle, once played out largely in hotels with high international tr...

Pest Management For Restaurants
The most common pest in restaurants, by and large, is the German cockroach. This is a roach that is predominately found inside homes. It is not an outside insect, and can easily be moved from area to area in boxes, in cartons, and in deliveries. A l...

Pest-Proof Your Home
It may seem counter-intuitive for pest control professionals to advise consumers how to pest-proof their homes, but many companies now offer this service because our business is not just about the elimination of an infestation, but its prevention. H...

Building A Bed Bug Program
Bed bugs are among the most distasteful of pests. When people suspect these creepy-crawlies might be invading their homes or offices or the hotels they frequent, they want them out... now! This aversion, coupled with the tremendous resurgence of bed ...

Pest Free 2012
Winter would seem to be the time when residents in the UK have fewer pest problems, but between an invasion of bed bugs or mice, the problems remain active even when most insects species enter a dormant period. Rodents are by far the biggest problem...

Controlling The House Sparrow
House sparrows can be difficult birds to control, in part because of their high reproductive capacity. A female house sparrow averages three to five broods per year with four to seven eggs per brood. In other words, she can generate about 25 young pe...

Pest Plague Looms
A cocktail of lamentable circumstances is proving a potent mix, fuelling a surge in pest infestations across Britain. As austerity measures bite, living standards fall, the property rental market grows and we have mild – even warm – autum...

IPM In Fast Food Restaurants
We can be proud that our pest control industry has been rightly called a "guardian of public health" – and we can be proud of that role as it applies to the fast food restaurant industry. The presence of flies, rodents and / or cockroaches in f...

Crack Down on Nantwich Rat Problem
A Nantwich company is waging war on the town's growing rat problem by taking on extra staff to boost its pest control team. Environmental specialists Suddenstrike has been inundated with pleas for help from householders plagued by super-rats - some ...

Online Training From PestPractice
All pest professionals need to keep up-to-date, but it can often be difficult to spare the time to attend training seminars and conferences. PestPractice is a new online training tool that provides a convenient, cost effective solution to this proble...

Black Pearl Mouse Bait
Marketed by Lodi-UK, the unique Black Pearl micro-encapsulation of alphachloralose attracts and controls mice very quickly - certainly the fastest of any mouse bait in the UK. With alphachloralose as the active ingredient, this means that mice resis...

How to Prevent a Moth Infestation in Your Home
Moths don't pose a health risk but they can cause lots of damage to your home. There are two types of moth: those that attack clothes, carpets and soft furnishings, and those that go for food - particularly dried food goods. It's possible to prevent ...

Pest Guru in Award Glory
A pest controller based in Scotland has scooped a national award. Ian Cain, of NBC Bird and Pest Control, has been crowned Scotland's BFA / HSBC Franchisee of the Year for 2011, as well as securing the bronze prize for the whole of the UK. His comp...

Advion Ant Gel
Advion Ant Gel is a broad-spectrum and highly attractive ready-to-use gel bait containing 0.05% indoxacarb, the revolutionary active ingredient from DuPont. This exclusive formulation is colourless, odourless and non-staining. As a result of extensi...

Seagull Expert: ‘Council Wrong’
The managing director of one of Scarborough's leading pest control companies has accused the council of getting it wrong over seagulls. Andrew Hunn, of East Coast Pest Control, believes measures introduced in April 2010 by Scarborough Council, makin...

The Art Of Detection
Inspection and monitoring are described as the first steps in any integrated approach to pest management. Today, the pest management professional may spend as much or more time searching for, observing and collecting data on activity than in the actu...

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