Colin

Beaver heroes – not just pest control !

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
Bird Proofing

Pigeon problems ? We can help humanely.

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
Cable bugs

Heard of cable bugs ? Help my office has fleas ! or does it ?

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
Bed bug treatment

Bed bug treatment – what you need to know

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

Preventing fruit flies and drain flies

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

Happy customers – how do we create them ?

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 sales

Pest control technicians – this could be your route into pest control sales !

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

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
Alistairs cafe

Could this be the longest relationship with a customer ?

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

Case Study – Bio-acoustic bird deterrents at Ravensbourne

Innovative bio-acoustic bird deterrents Ravensbourne in North Greenwich has seen a 100% reduction in two bird species, the Lesser black-backed gull and Feral pigeons since the innovative bio-acoustic deterrent system was installed in July 2016. “A wonderful and innovative solution to prevent a number of H&S and maintenance problems we had been facing at Ravensbourne.
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