Pest Control Nottingham

How many stars have you got?

'Scores on the Doors' is here! The Food Standard Agency are currently testing a hygiene rating system for food premises in the UK. This will allow customers to get an idea about how well a food business did on its last inspection by clicking here.

We would be pleased to help your food business get that exclusive five star rating.
Please contact us.

Forthcoming Courses:

We have a number of Level 2 food hygiene and also health and safety courses running throughout the year. These are generally based in Ashby, Coalville and Rotherham. Please contact us for more information or if you would prefer us to deliver a course more convenient or appropriate to your circumstances.

Machin & Toplass
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We are receiving an increase in bedbugs problems, due to people travelling more in their work and socially. Ring to discuss any problems you may have, remember this is not an indication of cleanliness of your home or personnel hygiene.

Paul Toplass - 22nd March 2010

We're close to finishing our busiest time of the year, and we've been taken aback by the numbers of businesses talking about their 'Scores on the Doors' and how many stars they've got. Some Councils have been running a star rating system for a while now and it is starting to hit home to some businesses now how important their reputation is. This seems to become more of an issue when a local newspaper runs a Freedom of Information request form a Council to find the best and worst premises. I'll be doing a talk on the impact of the Scores on the Doors next month in Loughborough. In the mean time, if any business would like our help to get the best star rating then please ring me on 07976 366510.

John Machin - 21st March 2010

Dealing with Pigeons and birds 24/7 , in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire

Feral pigeons foul buildings, creating unwanted “stained glass” windows and “decorated” architecture. All sorts of pests may migrate from their nests into buildings.

Originally descended from the wild Rock Dove, a cliff-face dweller, these birds find the next best thing is a block of flats, a bit of Victorian Gothic architecture or a railway arch. In the absence of natural predators, birds which fall sick survive to infect healthy ones with ornithosis and other diseases, some of which can be transmissible to man. Their accumulated droppings are also sources of disease.

REMEDY: Large nets, taut wires or blunt spikes can be put on buildings to keep them off. Alternatively, stupefying materials may be used by contractors, under licence; or cage traps be set to catch pest birds, which are then humanely destroyed.

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