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Rats – Friend Or Foe?

Kennedy for rentokil.co.uk | June 10, 2010
After a week long pest control induction, here I am making my first contribution to deBugged. I have to admit that last Sunday the thought of the week ahead made me cringe, made my stomach turn and made me question my entire being. Sound dramatic? I agree, but I was absolutely terrified! I had lined [...]

Insect Bites Or Chicken Pox – A Parent's Dilemma

for | June 9, 2010
Working in pest control is sometimes an advantage. It gives you some insider knowledge when it comes to things like residential pest problems and also, more recently it helped me when a GP got her diagnosis wrong. Whilst playing at his friend’s house last week, I noticed my little boy had some spots on the [...]

Techie Conference 2010 And The Rentokil Dragon's Den

Colin for rentokil.co.uk | April 15, 2010
When you see a title like that, what do you think?  Nerds with thick glasses and pens in their pockets talking about the life cycle of various pests to the wee small hours? As mentioned in my introduction blog, I am a Field Biologist and if you scrape away the two main fallacies that go [...]

Pest Control At Work Means Pest Control At Home

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | November 24, 2009
Before I started working for a pest control company I just thought pest problems only happen to other people – you know, a bit like winning the lottery! Not so. In fact the more I learn about pest control, the more I realise we are all susceptible. Friends of mine actually moved out of their [...]

A Whole New World

Colin for rentokil.co.uk | November 17, 2009
No, not the Disney classic, but the old adage of ‘Nothing lasts forever’ has been played out in many places and many times but readers I can now apply this to myself. No, I’m not leaving (you can dry your tears); the Field Biologist world as we know it is undergoing a radical new change [...]