We recently attended one of East Lancashire Chamber of Commerce Diamond Ambassador events and we were so impressed we came away as members! The Chamber’s Diamond Ambassador membership was created to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Chamber’s 125th Anniversary in 2012. Its purpose is to bring together a network of business leaders, CEOs and MDs to form long term relationships and become spokespeople for their sector. We believed it to be the perfect fit for purpose and comes at exactly the right time, following the appointment of Chris Saunders as Commercial Director and other key developments in the [...]

To be the best you have to be prepared to keep learning, which is exactly what four of our team members did when the headed even further ‘up North’ last week. Our friends at Graham Environmental Services, in Blairgowrie, Scotland, welcomed Steve Crowley, Neil Sharp, Deborah Wood and Chris Saunders to their offices for two days, to show them how they utilise Service Tracker in their business. We have recently implemented Service Tracker into our business in order to streamline our service and to help make us paper-free and we wanted to be sure we were using the system to [...]

2018 saw a huge rise in the need for pest control across the UK. From the hot weather to the social issues around waste disposal, it’s hard to pin-point an exact reason. Have a look at the points below and let us know why you think it is. • What winter? The number of rats has been generally increasing throughout the UK for a number of years now. We haven’t had any truly harsh winters in the UK for a while. These bitterly cold winters used to cull the number of rats we saw. At the moment, there are an [...]

Here’s a question for you…when carrying out a new build or refurbishment project, at what point do you engage with a pest controller? a) Right from the outset b) When works are nearly complete c) When the premises are ready to open You can guess what we’re going to say is the right answer can’t you? We’re currently working with clients undergoing refurbishments of their restaurants and they took our advice to keep us in the loop every step of the way. Why? There are a number of reasons. First, we can keep a close eye on any existing pest [...]

Just Eat listings include takeaways given zero ratings for hygiene  “Half of outlets rated as zero by the Food Standards Agency in Manchester, Bristol and London appear on the app.” - BBC News    Khyber Pass kebab shop fined over human faeces contamination  “… inspectors concluded people affected by the outbreak must have eaten food contaminated with human faeces.” - BBC News  Food hygiene is a postcode lottery and diners "might as well toss a coin"  “A takeaway was forced to temporarily close after inspectors discovered it was infested with cockroaches.” - The Daily Telegraph    You get the picture? [...]

We’ve all seen the headlines: Rats as big as cats! Giant rats spotted in New York! Were they? Were they really though? I’ve been working in the pest industry for many years now and never have I come across such whoppers! But they’re in the headlines all the time, so they must exist; right? Oh, who am I to get in the way of a good story? The 'Giant 4-foot-long monster rat' found in children's playground in London’ headline shocker is a much better headline than ‘Man catches regular sized rat in playground’. I get it; all I’m saying is, [...]