Issue 59: October & November 2018
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pestThe independent UK pest management magazine RodentRodent baiting baiting rules rules tightenedtightened IssueIssue 59 59 OctoberOctober & & November November 2018 2018 Young scientists! Bayer Citizen Science counts PestTech heads for New cockroach invades opens doors to schools more moths Milton Keynes Hertfordshire 5 18 22 30 pest CONTENTS Issue 59 2018 Pest is published six times a year Editorial contacts: Editor & publisher: Frances McKim Contents Associate editor & publisher: Helen Riby Industry news 4 7 Living the life down under 7 More industry news 9 People in the news 11 Helen Riby Frances McKim Permanent baiting rules tightened 13 Technical advisory board Dave Archer Clive Boase Labels unwrapped 16 Dr Alan Buckle John Charlton Brian Duffin Rob Fryatt Moths up...butterflies down! 18 Adrian Meyer Dr Richard Naylor Dave Oldbury Dr John Simmons PestTech heads south to Milton Keynes 22 Richard Strand Grahame Turner 25 Urban rodents: A public health priority 25 Aims As the industry’s only independent New cockroach about 30 magazine, Pest aims to deliver a mix of unbiased news, impartial advice and Conservation at first hand topical technical features.We are 33 committed to being as inclusive as possible covering every sector of the China does it differently 34 pest management industry. New resources 37 Send us your news 34 Vote now in 2018 Best Product Award Send your news or views to: 39 Email: [email protected] Tel: 01509 233219 Products – what’s new? 41 Orwritetousat: Pest , Foxhill, Stanford on Soar, Diary dates 43 Loughborough, Leicestershire LE12 5PZ We’d love to hear from you. Pest Test Take the 43 Advertisers Please contact the editor as above or visit our website at Getting more and more professional www.pestmagazine.co.uk We all tend to look back with rose-tinted spectacles. But, truthfully, some of the rodent control The legal stuff practices of the past were far from professional. As our feature on permanent baiting WhilstPest is produced with great care, the (pages13-15) underlines, the days of simply turning up at a client's premises, putting down a publishers cannot accept any liability for load of rodent boxes full of poison and then calling in from time to top them up, are gone. inaccuracies or errors herein. Nor can Pest accept any responsibility for claims made in Permanent and long-term baiting are recognised techniques, but only when justified. In so many advertisements nor for any results or cases, if the job's not done within 35-days there's likely to be some other factor at work and it's misadventures experienced from using the the pest professionals' job to be able to use their unique skills to work out what's going on and products advertised. so solve the customer's problem. ©Pest magazine 2018. All published material remains the copyright of the publisher. No part For those, maybe with a 'green agenda', who might query the value of using rodenticides, look of this magazine may be reproduced, stored in a no further than the work from the USA on the significance of rats and mice in the spread to retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form humans,ofvirusesandbacteria.Wouldyoueatinarestaurantwhereyouknewthatrodents without prior permission of the copyright holder. were present? Pest is published by Foxhill Publishing Limited Registered in England No: 6737319 With the nights drawing in and the clocks about to change, it can only mean one thing! Printed byPPS Print, www.pps-print.com The start of the round of autumn exhibitions. We look forward to meeting several of our readers at these events and reporting on them, for those Usepesticides&biocidessafely. unable to attend. Always read the label and product information before use. Interpreting the news at www.pestmagazine.co.uk Issue 59: October & November 2018 www.pestmagazine.co.uk pest 3 NEWS Making headlines BASIS PROMPT reaches 5,000 A pest technician working in his first year in the industry says he is relishing the chance to add more to his knowledge and skills after he became the 5,000th person to join the BASIS PROMPT register. Little did technician Steve Wilson, pictured left, who works for Essex and Suffolk Pest Solutions, based in Ipswich, realise that when he signed up to join the BASIS PROMPT register he would became the 5,000th person to join. Tocelebratethislandmarkhewaspresentedwithabottleof champagne by Stephen Jacob, chief executive officer of BASIS PROMPT. Stephen said: “Reaching 5,000 members is a staggering achievement for the pest management industry and for BASIS PROMPT, because we now represent over 50% of the technicians working in the sector so, collectively, as an industry,weareinavery strong position when it comes to demonstrating professionalism and currency of knowledge.” Hockley tackles waste With a range of six relevant products, cleared and labelled for use in and around recycling and waste management, Stockport-based Hockley International tried their hand at something different – attending the Recycling and Waste Management exhibition. This was held from 12-13 September at the Birmingham NEC and is billed as the UK's largest waste event, attracting over 20,000 visitors. Three members of the team attended, Catherine Howard (finance director), marketing executive Lewis Litchfield and sales executive George Allison, pictured. Lots of interest was expressed in the products, especially following the hot summer, those for fly management. Mitie Pest Control sold to Rentokil It was announced on 1 October 2018 that the Mitie Group is to sell Mitie Pest Control to Rentokil Initial for £40 million in cash. This sale comes as no surprise to industry watchers. It is well reported that Rentokil has a treasure chest of cash and the stated objective of expanding by acquisition. On the other hand Mitie had been going through difficult financial times. Peter Trotman, then managing director and son of the founder of EaglePestControl(whichformedthebasisoftheMitiepest operation)leftthebusinessinMarch.HisplacewastakenbyAndy Halsall who also oversaw the sale of Cannon Pest Control to Rentokil in early 2017. Andy leaves Mitie at the end of October. However, in a further twist the acquisition is now being read more on the web looked at by the Competition and Markets Authority. www 4 pest www.pestmagazine.co.uk Issue 59: October & November 2018 NEWS Making headlines Budding scientists encouraged by Bayer For five days at the start of October, Bayer Environmental Science hosted over 100 local primary school children and teachers in their 'Baylab' temporalily located at the company’s headquarters in Cambridge. The objective of the Baylab is to encourage children's interest in scientific subjects and support practical learning. The children took part in practical science lessons, ranging from using a microscope and testing honey, to the role of bees and their life cycles. Steve Bishop, Bayer group product manager, explains: “The Baylab provides an enhanced learning facility and has been a huge success with students and teachers alike. The pest control industry needs a steady stream of new professionals to continue to build on the research and development that's required to support pest control for years to come,” he says. “This is why we're so passionate about awakening an interest in science among young Pest controller deaths people from all backgrounds at an early age, to boost their Itwasagreatshockandaverysadday confidence, provide inspiration whenthenewsbrokeon4Octoberthattwo and aid in development. It's all technicians had lost their lives carrying out about capturing the imagination their routine activities. of children today, to make them Thetwotechnicians,bothfromEcolabPest the scientists of tomorrow,” Elimination and aged in their 30s and 40s, concluded Steve. were found early in the morning following Steve explains that he hopes the an incident at Banham Poultry at children and teachers went away Attleborough, Norfolk. with a positive attitude, not only Police and the Health and Safety Executive towardsscience,buttothework have launched a joint investigation and are that goes into maintaining the looking into a refrigeration gas leak in an environments in which they effort to determine whether it has any link work,restandplay. with the men's deaths. Issue 59: October & November 2018 www.pestmagazine.co.uk pest 5 NEWS Making headlines Tom and Jerry! Fascinated. George Wallbank, a surveyor for Hampshire-based Rokill Pest Control Services took this picture (below) at a family friend's home in Kent. The friends were aware they had a slight mouse problem but their cat (not called Tom) did little to earn his keep. Curiosity seemed much his stronger suit, as all he seemed to prefer to do was watch! Left to right: Franchise consultants Jeffrey Rafftree and David Noble of Morgan Blake Solutions with the Abate Pest Management team - Jill Blake, Tracey Jeckells, Jonathan White, Neil Foley and managing director, Jon Blake Franchising the latest thing... Abate Pest Management is the latest company to set-off its expansion plans via the establishment of a network of pest control franchises throughout the UK – similar to the Birmingham-based Buster Group, as reported in the previous edition ofPest . Abate, located near Wymondham in Norfolk, is owned by husband and wife team, Jon and Jill Blake. It started operating in 1999 and has grown to cover the entire Eastern region. The company has created a team to roll-out and manage the franchising (as seen above). New additions include Neil Foley who has spent 40 years in sales and business coaching, plus the appointment of franchise experts, Morgan Blake Solutions. Jon Blake, managing director said: “We have worked extremely hard on becoming a quality company delivering a quality service. The geographical area we work in has become much larger and we often get asked if we can cover areas much further afield. Franchising is a perfect solution to support our growth.