How do you know which pest control company to choose?
Wednesday, 10 January 2018
by Julia Pittman
If you are anything like me, knowing who to trust in your business or home is a minefield. Most people seem to go straight to Google nowadays but then the choice is huge. How do you narrow it down? Choosing pest control – Here are our top 5 hints and tips to help you: 1.
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Beaver heroes – not just pest control !
Tuesday, 28 November 2017
by Julia Pittman
Today one of our longest and nicest technicians, Colin Sexton, was going about his normal daily work. He called at a pre-booked residential job to receive no answer. Instead of just leaving he continued to try and contact the resident as he knew the job had been pre-booked and the resident was elderly. Eventually he
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Pigeon problems ? We can help humanely.
Monday, 13 November 2017
by Julia Pittman
Pigeon Problems can be very challenging to resolve; Pigeons and Gulls in particular can easily displace to other areas of a building. As well as this, the latest Wild Birds and Netting Guidance issued by RSPCA puts responsibility on all building managers or owners of properties with netting to set up a system to regularly
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Heard of cable bugs ? Help my office has fleas ! or does it ?
Monday, 18 September 2017
by Julia Pittman
We get calls on a regular basis for offices where people are being bitten by insects. Or are they? Quite often the problem is not fleas or other biting insects but ‘cable bugs’. Although cable bugs are very common they are not widely known about which is why most people automatically think of fleas. What
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Bed bug treatment – what you need to know
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
by Julia Pittman
This morning I was reading a newspaper article showing people are still being misinformed about how to eradicate bed bug infestations, which got me thinking about this morning’s topic – what do people need to know about a good bed bug treatment ? For the purposes of this article I am talking about insecticide treatments.
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Preventing fruit flies and drain flies
Monday, 26 June 2017
by Julia Pittman
Every month we receive a number of calls from restaurants and bars for help in preventing fruit flies and drain flies. Preventing fruit flies is relatively straight forward and you shouldn’t need a pest controller to carry out a treatment for you. We could only carry out a knock down treatment which would deal with the immediate
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Happy customers – how do we create them ?
Monday, 08 May 2017
by Julia Pittman
We are absolutely convinced that having happy staff goes a long way towards creating happy customers, and having a great company culture is key to executing business plans. So if you are lucky to have both that’s a huge commercial advantage in our opinion. The hard bit is creating those happy staff and that great culture because it
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Pest control technicians – this could be your route into pest control sales !
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
by Julia Pittman
Do You Think You Could Be Good At Sales But Aren’t Quite Sure? Are You Worried That If It Doesn’t Work Out In Sales You Could Lose Your Job Altogether? Do You Source Good Leads On A Regular Basis? Why don’t you apply to join our servi/sales scheme? This brilliant scheme helps techs get into
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Preventing mice by proofing
Friday, 24 March 2017
by Julia Pittman
The best way of preventing mice is to stop them entering the building in the first place. Mice can get through extraordinarily small holes, some not much bigger than the width of a pen. So how can you stop them coming in? The trick is to understand how mice move around a building and what is
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Could this be the longest relationship with a customer ?
Friday, 24 March 2017
by Julia Pittman
We have been delivering pest control services for 26 years to Alistair’s Café which is located in the heart of Crystal Palace. The café was one of our first contracts and we are delighted that they are still customers of ours. In the last 26 years we have seen the café grow in popularity and
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