Introducing The Power Centre

Our success as an innovative global pest control company is down to the continued dedication demonstrated by our team of scientists, technologists and technicians.

In September we opened The Power Centre, our new home for science, innovation and training – a £2m investment which expands our facilities significantly.

Our new facilities now feature:

• 3 times the amount of laboratory floor space than the current centre
• 5 pest product test rooms, thereby enabling us to run twice as many trials simultaneously on new innovative pest control solutions
• 3 training rooms that can accommodate up to 65 people at the same time
• 7 simulated on-site locations for training colleagues in commercial areas, e.g. supermarket, hotels, restaurant kitchens, etc.

Following the suggestion by several colleagues within the business, we named this facility The Power Centre in honour of our Chief Marketing Officer, Stewart Power, who sadly passed away recently. It was officially opened by his wife and children.

Receiving the Queen’s Award for Enterprise

At the same time, Rentokil Initial received The Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. The Company was presented with the award by Mr Michael More-Molyneux, Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Surrey. The award marks the significant growth in international pest control revenues over a five-year period.

The guest list

Other dignitaries present among the attendees at the opening event were Mayor of Crawley, the Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Surrey and Henry Smith MP.

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