It might have been pouring with rain outside, but Mitie gave a warm welcome to well over 40 property managers at the first of their two client orientated seminars held at the London Zoo on 29 January.
Risk reduction
With delegates from companies ranging from such household names as McDonalds, to Selfridges and WH Smith there was a good mix within the audience. Appropriately, the venue itself – London Zoo – is one of Mitie‘s pest control clients. As media partner, Pest was delighted to attend.
Introducing the day, Habib Abdullah, Mitie’s managing director of pest control for the London region, explained how the aim of the seminar was to explore how pest control practices are changing for the better, whilst reducing the risk to the assets, the people or the products of commercial enterprises.
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Effect of legislation Danny Ashton, also from Mitie, treated the audience to a whistle-stop tour of the emerging bed bug problem and how Mitie was responding to this threat. Grahame Turner, Mitie’s relatively recently recruited technical manager outlined the other pests which are rapidly becoming pest problems – everything from tropical ants, to herring gulls and the now infamous false widow spider. Grahame also covered the various means available to manage bird problems should any of those present be faced with this challenge. As ever, it became clear this was a case of exclusion (by means of netting, scaring devices, spikes etc) rather than control. When it can go wrong Another seminar in Manchester
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