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NBC's Manager is in the Fast Lane! 8th October 2008
Congratulations to NBC Bird and Pest Solutions' Marketing Manager Kelly Smith who flew through the finishing line at Sunday's Great North Run, in Newcastle.
Kelly made the 13.1 mil... read more...
Hemel Hempstead Branch Has Been Short-listed For Award 7th October 2008
NBC Bird & Pest Solutions has been short listed in the Dacorum Excellence Awards 2008, under the Environmental or Innovation Category. Jon Ellis Area Manager of St Albans, Luton and Watford, ... read more...
NBC Stars on BBC Inside Out, East 7th October 2008
NBC will be starring on Inside Out, East this Wednesday (8th October) on BBC 1 at 7.30pm. Inside Out reports on stories within the East Anglia region, with presenter David Whiteley who i... read more...
A Change In The Right Direction 7th October 2008
Tim and Karen Lester never thought they'd find the job of their dreams. Now after many businesses including owning their own fast charter fishing boat, a water ski school and latterly a catering compa... read more...
Having a S'wale of a Time in Kent 6th October 2008
TROUBLESOME pigeons that have been causing a messy problem at a warehouse have been given the heave-ho by three of their more fearsome cousins.
The birds have been causing a problem at Swale ... read more...
Off the Rails in Manchester. 3rd October 2008
Robert Green, Area Manager for Manchester and Stockport has been proofing and pigeon guano cleaning cranes for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway in Trafford Park.
In N... read more...
Paul's Flying Start in Rossendale 2nd October 2008
Paul Holton has become the local hero in Rossendale putting on many falconry displays in the area, to inform them about how this countryside pursuit can be used as a method of bird control.
Back in... read more...
Devon is No Longer Pests' Heaven 25th September 2008
NBC have just become corporate supporters of DEBI- Devon Environmental Business Initiative. A networking organisation set up to inform, support and motivate businesses, of all sizes and from all secto... read more...
NBC become a member of CHAS! 19th September 2008
NBC Bird and Pest Solutions has recently become a member of the Contractor Health and Safety Assessment Scheme (CHAS), thanks to the hard work of NBC's Compliance Manager Isla Lawrence. As a fully fle... read more...
Hawk See off Problem Pigeons (Courtesy of Oxford Mail) 18th September 2008
Pigeons plaguing residents in Jericho, Oxford, have been scared off by NBC Bird and Pest Solutions' hawk in a clean-up operation.
For the past two years, residents living in Whitworth Place h... read more...
A Day in the Life of an NBC Franchisee 17th September 2008
Simon Collins is NBC’s franchisee for Norfolk and Suffolk and as part of his everyday activities he takes on a variety of roles such as bird controller, pest controller, fly sprayer, surveyor... read more...
NBC do a MITIE Job at Bird Proofing a School! 16th September 2008
MITIE, called in the expertise of UK market leader in bird control NBC Bird and Pest Solutions, to carry out a bird proofing job for Hugh Christie Technology College, Tonbridge, Kent. The school of... read more...
Hawks Hailed for Reducing Pigeon Problem 16th September 2008
Hawks have been hailed with cutting the number of pigeons blighting an Oxfordshire council estate.
The bird of prey was introduced, by NBC's Oxford Area Manager Richard Stewart around Whitwo... read more...
Bad Reception at University for Pigeons! 12th September 2008
As a new school year starts, it was not just students that flocked to secure their place at Ulster University, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, but also feral pigeons. Roosting on the reception ar... read more...
NBC Raises Money for Pamber Village Hall 10th September 2008
Richard Stewart, Area Manager of NBC's Oxford, Reading and Hampshire branch, helped to raise money for Pamber Village Hall last weekend, by displaying his Harris Hawks and Falcons at the villa... read more...
Peace in Tullos! 9th September 2008
An Aberdeen Industrial Estate has found peace thanks to NBC Bird and Pest Solutions' bird control services. Shanks Waste Solutions situated on the East Tullos Industrial Estate was attracting a flo... read more...
Gulls Get Taught a Lesson 5th September 2008
Hartlepool Primary School spent hundreds of pounds on repairing their roof that had been damaged by roosting gulls. These usually sea-side dwellers, had made their home at the school, by pecking th... read more...
NBC Doesn't Cost the Earth- It Stars On It 5th September 2008
Graham Rees has become famous amongst the NBC team, after hitting the headlines this week by appearing on BBC Countryfile and now BBC Radio Four Costing Planet Earth. Graham, Area Manager for...
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Area Manager of Harrow, Uxbridge and Slough, Andy Dobbs is helping out his local community next weekend. Andy will be taking a brief rest from his usual vermin catching and bird scaring antics to p...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions will be appearing at The National Franchise Exhibition, the UK's largest dedicated franchise exhibition it is held at The NEC on 3 and 4 October 2008. The National Franc...
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Paul Holton, Area Manager of Oldham and Bolton has been busy helping Rathbone, a centre for disadvantaged young people to learn, against a flock of pigeons that were determined to nest in the building...
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Newmarket Race Course, situated on the Cambridgeshire and Suffolk border, were at the end of their tether with feral pigeons roosting at the July Race Course, so called in the help of Norwich and I...
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Pigeons had better beware as there is a new bird in shopping centres in the Midlands. NBC Area Manager, Neil Curtis, is using bird control to deter pigeons from nesting in the Regent Arcade, Brewer...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions has been called in to assist one of the worlds leading engineering companies, ABB. Robin Mason, Maintenance Team Leader of ABB's Gloucester branch said: 'We had a...
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Divine Restaurant in North Walsham is thrilled with the annual rodent prevention programme that NBCs Norfolk and Ipswich branch has put in place. Matt Galasky, General Manager of the establishment,...
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One of the UKs largest property development and construction companies is consulting the expertise NBC regarding a new development in central Aberdeen. Miller Construction has been redevelop...
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Norfolk based Franchisor NBC Bird and Pest Solutions are pleased to announce, that due to its rapid expansion, it now has its first branch in Northern Ireland. Father and Son, Tom and Jay Parker have ...
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Bournemouth International Airport needed NBC&rsquos help after stumbling across a hangar that had been left for 15-20 years. Unfortunately this space had not been completely abandoned as rodents, ...
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NBC has been busy hunting mosquitoes for Veolia. The chemical waste site in Liverpool called in the help of NBCs Area Manager for Liverpool, Chester and Crewe, Mark Hudson, to find out if they were...
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Robert Green, Area Manager of Manchester and Stockport, is the King of the Swingers, having won two new annual pest control contracts with golf courses. The first is for a very posh gol...
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20,000 trees were planted at Biffa Landfill Site, Cannock as part of the reservation programme to restore a section of the site into woodland and parkland. Unfortunately a neighbour...
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NBC's two year old Harris Hawk named Habana has been busy soaring above Hemel Hempstead town centre to scare pigeons away from shopping streets. Dacorum Borough Council has drafted in the services of ...
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Graham Rees, Area Manager of NBC's Dudley, Walsall and Wolverhampton branch, was called into Gemini Business Park, Kidderminster, along with his Harris hawk and peregrine falcon, to scare away seagull...
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Since many local councils in England and Wales switched to fortnightly rubbish collections, domestic refuse has been left to fester, resulting in a 23 per cent increase in pests and vermin. ...
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NBC are proud to announce that they have taken on three new franchisees this June. The new recruits are Adrian Steel who is going to be working in the Guildford and Kingston- upon-Thames postcode area...
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The cement works at South Ferriby have recently employed NBC Bird and Pest Solutions to help control the numbers of pigeons and starlings that decide to roost, and cause a nuisance at the site.&nbs...
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Ray Fretwell, Area Manager of the Nottingham and Doncaster branch of NBC and George (his Harris Hawk) are experiencing fame this week after being featured on the BBC Nottingham website. The BB...
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Simon Collins, Area Manager of Norwich and Ipswich has quoted Norwich Union happy, after promising to rid their pigeon problem that has been plaguing their offices in the city centre of Norwich. Bi...
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Work on part of the £350 million Rejuvenation Project at the Shell St Fergus Gas Plant had to stop recently when it was discovered that a family of kestrels had set up home on one of the main ar...
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How many of you can say that you have cleaned pigeon and gull poop for a member of the royal family? Not many, I‘m sure. Tim Lester, Area Manager of Portsmouth, Bournemouth and Sout...
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Cross Country Carrier Ltd, a large warehouse and haulage company based in Bury St Edmunds, is thrilled with the service provided by NBC's Suffolk branch, with a mixed pest prevention programme trea...
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Britain is facing a rapid increase in pest populations this year following yet another mild winter which has enabled more rodents and insects to survive and breed this Spring. January 2008 has been...
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Congratulations to The NBC Birds, who flew through the finishing line on Saturday’s Race for Life at the Norfolk Showground, Norwich. The ...
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A bird of prey has been hired by a Stevenage builders merchant to help deter nuisance crows that are making a mess of a new £50,000 landscaping display. Elmes Buildbase in Cockerell Close, St...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions, a national pest control and bird control company, is going from strength to strength taking on four new franchisees this month. With the increased need for bird and pest s...
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After 12 years chairing Haddington Community Council, Jan Wilson has been involved in a lot of changes in the town. While some new challenges emerge, others keep cropping up, like renovations...
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One of the leading brewers, Interbrew known for it's famous lagers such as Becks, Stella and Hoegarden were having problems with pesky pigeons roosting on their brewery. NBC Bird and Pest Solutions Ar...
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The HMS Invincible certainly lost one battle, to pigeons and gulls which covered the aircraft carrier in guano at Portsmouth Naval Base. Tim Lester, NBC Area Manager was called in on a rescue missi...
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With pigeons and gulls becoming an increasing problem in many areas of Cheltenham, the Regent Arcade has called in the help of Rolf the Harris Hawk. This feathered friend is part of the Gloucest...
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The credit crunch does not mean abandoning your plans to set up in business. A franchise could be your best bet, because banks will more readily lend to franchisees of established franchises than t...
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Rabbits were gnawing their way through the Royal National Rose Society Gardens, near St Albans. With over 8,000 roses in which there are 2,500 varieties, the society was not going to sit quietly wh...
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Ernie, the Harris Hawk is back at his old tricks again, but this time he is entertaining staff at Veolia, Four Ashes Industrial Estate, Wolverhampton. Graham Rees, Area Manager of Wolverhampton, Wa...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions will be appearing on Channel Five's How Do They Do It? The program, co-produced by Wag TV and Rocket Surgery Productions, is part of a series that explores how ordina...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions has recently earned the ISO 9001:2000 accreditation, thanks to the hard work of NBC's Compliance Manager Isla Lawrence. ISO 9001 is a family of standards for quality man...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions were triumphant at the 2008 Franchise Marketing Awards after being short listed for four out of eleven categories. The national bird and pest control company, based in A...
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Drastic measures were needed when an estate agent decided to fight back against a flock of pigeons menacing any customers brave enough to stop and look in the window. After one too many had fallen ...
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Rats caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to a landfill site in Whitchurch. These nuisance pests gnawed their way through wires, nested in the dashboard of a w...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions have been recognised after being shortlisted in four categories of the prestigious 2008 Franchise Marketing Awards.
Birds of prey were taken into a Wolverhampton school to rid it of seagulls eating pupils' lunches - in scenes compared to Hitchcock's The Birds. As soon as the lunch bell rings at Highfields Scienc...
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NBC Bird and Pest Solutions is the latest business to join a leading edge scheme, designed to help the industry improve its safety record. The national firm recently received accreditation f...
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Edeus Mortgages in Wolverhampton became aware of a mouse problem in their two-story office after a popular noodle-based snack was discovered eaten – but not by a member of staff!Russell Hall, Fa...
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Veolia Environmental Services, the UK leader in integrated waste management solutions, has demonstrated its commitment to the environment by awarding NBC the honour of being their preferred supplier f...
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NBC has recently won an all inclusive pest control contract for Carlsberg Tetley Brewing in Birmingham. NBC Area Manager, Neil Curtis, has been managing the company’s gull problem for three year...
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Celebrating its 15th birthday this January, NBC Bird & Pest Solutions has grown from humble beginnings and is thrilled to now be the UK's market leader in using falconry and proofing as methods...
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As the ground nesting bird breeding season approaches, it becomes an increasing concern for the construction industry, potentially causing delays that could add up huge financial losses. Lapwings a...
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NBC were called into Lichfield, Staffordshire, by frustrated businesses and residents in the city centre street being plagued by pigeons. The birds have even been barred from the pub, The King...
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NBC Provides a Falconry Display for Local Community 4th September 2008
Come and Meet Us at The National Franchise Exhibition 1st September 2008
NBC Tells Birds to Flock Off 29th August 2008
No More Horsing Around at Newmarket 27th August 2008
Shopping Centres Say Hawks Do the Trick 21st August 2008
NBC is ABB-solutely Fabulous 19th August 2008
Divine Intervention 14th August 2008
Gulls No Longer Milling Around on Aberdeen Construction Site 12th August 2008
NBC Opens Branch in Northern Ireland. 11th August 2008
Hangars- On Banned at Airport! 8th August 2008
NBC Bites Back at Mosquitoes 5th August 2008
NBC is the King of the Swingers 1st August 2008
NBC Wildlife Management in Cannock 28th July 2008
The Hawk of the Town 22nd July 2008
Seagulls Watch Out- NBC's About 18th July 2008
A Load of Rubbish (Courtesy of GMTV) 3rd July 2008
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Arnie the Harris Hawk! 24th June 2008
Arnie the Harris Hawk took to the skies of Attleborough on Friday to show off one of NBC's key products- falconry response as a form of bird scaring. Arnie is one of the 200 birds employed by...
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Franchisees are Flocking to Join NBC! 20th June 2008
Cementing a Pigeon Free Future 20th June 2008
NBC on the BBC 16th June 2008
Norwich: The Finest City for Pigeons 16th June 2008
Shell Care for the Environment 29th May 2008
The Royal Flush 28th May 2008
NBC Stop Pesky Pests in Their Tracks 13th May 2008
Rodent Populations on the Rise 6th May 2008
The NBC Birds Complete the Race for Life 6th May 2008
NBC's Stevenage and Milton Keynes Branch Save the Day 1st May 2008
NBC Takes New Franchisees Under Its Wing 30th April 2008
Feral Pigeons Causing Havoc for Scottish Town (Courtesy of The Sunday Post, 20th April 2008) 29th April 2008
NBC Does a Stella Job at Deterring Pigeons 29th April 2008
HMS Not So Invincible After All 28th April 2008
Regent Arcade call in NBC 28th April 2008
You CAN Beat Credit Crunch (Courtesy of Daily Mail, Monday April 21 2008) 22nd April 2008
Life for Rabbits is No Longer a Bed of Roses 16th April 2008
Ernie's Big Day Out 15th April 2008
How Do NBC Bird and Pest Solutions Do It? 14th April 2008
NBC Is ISO Happy With New Accreditation 10th April 2008
NBC is Simply The Pest 7th April 2008
Tony Swoops to Put Pigeons in Their Place 3rd April 2008
Oh Rats! 3rd April 2008
NBC Flying High After Being Short Listed for Franchise Marketing Awards 10th March 2008
NBC are shortlisted for Best Website, Best Ad...
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Birds of Prey on Playtime Duty 13th February 2008
Top Safety Accreditation for NBC Bird and Pest Solutions 1st February 2008
Ca-noodling Mice in Office 1st February 2008
Veolia Teams Up With NBC Bird & Pest Solutions 25th January 2008
NBC- Probably the Best 4th January 2008
Happy Bird-Day NBC 1st January 2008
Ground Nesting Birds 12th December 2007
Bird Street By Name, Bird Street By Nature 1st December 2007
October 2008
- NBC's Manager is in the Fast Lane!
- Hemel Hempstead Branch Has Been Short-listed For Award
- NBC Stars on BBC Inside Out, East
- A Change In The Right Direction
- Having a S'wale of a Time in Kent
- Off the Rails in Manchester.
- Paul's Flying Start in Rossendale
September 2008
- Devon is No Longer Pests' Heaven
- NBC become a member of CHAS!
- Hawk See off Problem Pigeons (Courtesy of Oxford Mail)
- A Day in the Life of an NBC Franchisee
- NBC do a MITIE Job at Bird Proofing a School!
- Hawks Hailed for Reducing Pigeon Problem
- Bad Reception at University for Pigeons!
- NBC Raises Money for Pamber Village Hall
- Peace in Tullos!
- Gulls Get Taught a Lesson
- NBC Doesn't Cost the Earth- It Stars On It
- NBC Provides a Falconry Display for Local Community
- Come and Meet Us at The National Franchise Exhibition
August 2008
- NBC Tells Birds to Flock Off
- No More Horsing Around at Newmarket
- Shopping Centres Say Hawks Do the Trick
- NBC is ABB-solutely Fabulous
- Divine Intervention
- Gulls No Longer Milling Around on Aberdeen Construction Site
- NBC Opens Branch in Northern Ireland.
- Hangars- On Banned at Airport!
- NBC Bites Back at Mosquitoes
- NBC is the King of the Swingers
July 2008
- NBC Wildlife Management in Cannock
- The Hawk of the Town
- Seagulls Watch Out- NBC's About
- A Load of Rubbish (Courtesy of GMTV)
June 2008
- Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's Arnie the Harris Hawk!
- Franchisees are Flocking to Join NBC!
- Cementing a Pigeon Free Future
- NBC on the BBC
- Norwich: The Finest City for Pigeons
May 2008
- Shell Care for the Environment
- The Royal Flush
- NBC Stop Pesky Pests in Their Tracks
- Rodent Populations on the Rise
- The NBC Birds Complete the Race for Life
- NBC's Stevenage and Milton Keynes Branch Save the Day
April 2008
- NBC Takes New Franchisees Under Its Wing
- Feral Pigeons Causing Havoc for Scottish Town (Courtesy of The Sunday Post, 20th April 2008)
- NBC Does a Stella Job at Deterring Pigeons
- HMS Not So Invincible After All
- Regent Arcade call in NBC
- You CAN Beat Credit Crunch (Courtesy of Daily Mail, Monday April 21 2008)
- Life for Rabbits is No Longer a Bed of Roses
- Ernie's Big Day Out
- How Do NBC Bird and Pest Solutions Do It?
- NBC Is ISO Happy With New Accreditation
- NBC is Simply The Pest
- Tony Swoops to Put Pigeons in Their Place
- Oh Rats!
March 2008
February 2008
- Birds of Prey on Playtime Duty
- Top Safety Accreditation for NBC Bird and Pest Solutions
- Ca-noodling Mice in Office
