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Molehills Everywhere? What Actually Works in Carmarthenshire
You mowed on Sunday. By Wednesday there are six fresh heaps of soil across the lawn, and by the weekend the paddock looks like it's been shelled. Nowhere in Wal...
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What Actually Happens If You Put Confidential Paper in the Bin?
Friday afternoon, end of the month, and someone's finally clearing the shelf above the printer. Old invoices, a staff rota, a handful of customer letters, all s...
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What Environmental Health Looks For: Pest Control in Welsh Food Businesses
It's a Tuesday mid-morning, the lunch prep is on, and someone you've never met is standing at your counter holding an ID card. Environmental health inspections ...
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How Long Does PAT Testing Take? A Realistic Answer for Welsh Businesses
When you ring up to book PAT testing, there's usually a question sitting just behind the one you actually ask. The real question is rarely about certificates or...
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Back From Holiday? Don't Unpack Your Suitcase on the Bed
The flight's landed, the washing mountain awaits, and the suitcase is lying open on the bed while you ferry clothes to the basket. Stop there, because that's th...
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On-Site vs Off-Site Shredding: What's the Difference, and Which Do You Need?
Start looking into confidential shredding for your business and you'll quickly meet two phrases: on-site and off-site. They sound like jargon, but the differenc...
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PAT Testing for Events, Festivals and Outdoor Traders in Wales
It's high summer in Wales, which means one thing for thousands of traders: the season is on. Food festivals, agricultural shows, markets, fêtes, music wee...
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How Often Should Office Appliances Be PAT Tested?
Ask around any office and you'll get the same confident answer: "everything has to be PAT tested once a year, it's the law." It's written into facilities calend...
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GDPR Isn't Just About Computers: Why Secure Shredding Matters
Say "GDPR" and most people picture the digital world, cookie banners, password policies, hackers in hoodies. What rarely comes to mind is the filing cabinet in ...
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Are Bees Protected in the UK? The Honest Answer and Why We Relocate Them Anyway
Ask around and most people will tell you, with some confidence, that it's illegal to kill bees in the UK, that they're a protected species and touching a nest c...
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Do Landlords Need PAT Testing? A Plain Answer for Wales
It's one of the questions we're asked most, and the internet answers it badly, half the results insist PAT testing is a legal must for landlords, the other half...
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How Long Should a Business Keep Its Records Before Shredding Them?
Every business ends up with them: the boxes of old invoices in the storeroom, the filing cabinet nobody's opened since 2019, the archive of paperwork that moves...
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How to Get Rid of a Wasp Nest (and When to Leave It Well Alone)
Every July and August, the phone starts ringing with the same story: "There are wasps pouring in and out of a hole under the eaves, and I've just realised there...
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PAT Testing vs EICR: What's the Difference, and Which Do You Need?
If you run a business or let out property, you've probably come across both "PAT testing" and "EICR", and if you've ever wondered whether they're the same thing...
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How to Get Rid of Flies in Summer: A Practical Guide for Welsh Homes and Businesses
There's a certain point every summer when the flies arrive and suddenly seem to be everywhere, buzzing round the kitchen, landing on your lunch the moment you t...
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What Is PAT Testing? A Plain-English Guide for Welsh Businesses and Landlords
If you run a business or let out property, you've probably had "PAT testing" mentioned to you at some point, usually by an insurer, a letting agent or a health-...
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How to Keep Wasps Out of Your Garden (and Why They Turn Up in the First Place)
Few things clear a garden table faster than a wasp taking an interest in your drink. Come the warmer months, and especially from late summer onwards, they seem ...
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Why Bees Matter and How to Help Them Safely
Why Bees Matter Bees move pollen between flowers as they collect nectar and pollen for food. This pollination helps many wild plants reproduce and supports foo...
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How to Have an Insect-Free BBQ: Your Ultimate Guide
Ah, summer! The perfect time for garden barbecues, laughter with friends and family, and delicious grilled food. But nothing spoils the fun faster than a swar...
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How to Check for Bed Bugs in Your Hotel Room
Top Tips for Holiday Makers: How to Check for Bed Bugs in Your Hotel Room Planning a holiday is always exciting, but there's one thing that can quickly turn yo...
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Why Choosing a Professional Pest Control Company Beats DIY for Your Summer Pests
Summer is the season of sunshine, barbecues, and outdoor fun. But it's also the time when pests like ants, mosquitoes, and wasps make their grand appearance, tu...
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7 Effective Tips to Keep Flies Out of Your Home
7 Effective Tips to Keep Flies Out of Your Home Summer is here, and while it brings warm weather and sunshine, it also brings an unwelcome guest: flies. These ...
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How to Keep Ants Out of Your Home
Practical Ways to Reduce Ant Activity Ants usually enter a home while searching for food, water or a suitable nesting site. A few workers can establish a trail...
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Employing our veterans
We are so proud to say our latest employee will be an Army Veteran. As a Veteran himself our Director Huw Richards has always looked to support our veterans in ...
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Ellie's Journey 2021
Once again we have chosen to support this inspirational young lady on her quest to raise awareness and funds for cystic fibrosis here in Wales. Ellie is doing ...
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Honey Bee Removal
Honey Bee Assessment and Removal in South Wales Honey bees are important pollinators and are not normally treated as pests simply because they are present outd...
I think I have a rat problem
Signs That You May Have a Rat Problem Seeing a rat is an obvious warning, but rats often remain hidden inside wall cavities, roof spaces, outbuildings and area...
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THANK YOU NHS
As a massive thank you to the NHS our company secretary Barbara Richards has been making NHS teddies for the local hospital staff in Prince Phillip Hospital L...
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Still growing during COVID
Although times have been hard for many, including us at some point during COVID 19, we are proud to announce that we have employed and trained a new memb...
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Clearing a paper mountain day after day
At PreventaTheft confidential shredding we are proud to say we shred over 1,000,000 pieces of paper every month. All paper is collected from local busin...
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CORONAVIRUS
With all the updates and changes on a daily basis, we want to reassure our customers that we are continuing to operate and service our customers as normal. W...
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Building upgrades and new equipment
Due to continued growth of our confidential shredding service we have had an enforced shut down to ensure all required building upgrades and taking delivery of ...
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New year, New staff
As 2019 disappears and 2020 starts, we are planning to start the year with a bang by adding at least one more new member of staff to our team within the next mo...
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Veterans Business Of The Year Runner Up
Last week we were awarded the Silver award for Business of the Year at the Welsh Veterans Awards 2019. To share a room with people who have not only given so m...
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Welsh Veterans Awards 2019 Finalists
We are so proud to announce that we have been shortlisted as finalists in 2 categories for this year's Welsh Veterans Awards. The 2 categories are Community ...
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Proud to support Carmarthenshire School of Gymnastics
Along with other local businesses PreventaPest Limited are proud to support another local sports group, Carmarthenshire School of Gymnastics. With money ...
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Proud Sponsors of Ellie's Journey
We are proud to announce that we are sponsoring Ellie's Journey this year. Please read below - Enough said The challenge: Myself, My Mother, My Uncle and his ...
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Another £10,000 raised for charity
Another Charity Night Organised by Adam Richards our business development manager November 17th 2018 was a night to remember for a number of reasons, Great f...
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Signs of Rodent Activity
Recognising Signs of Rodent Activity A restaurant in Swansea contacted PreventaPest after possible rat activity was reported in the main premises. The route be...
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Summer Growth
Here at PreventaPest Limited we pride ourselves on offering our customers great customer service and a fast turn around on emergency call outs. Due to dem...
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Supporting Wales Air Ambulance
We are proud to announce that once again we have helped the Wales Air Ambulance by carrying out their confidential paper shredding FREE OF CHARGE. By doin...
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Award Winning Company
We are proud to announce that we attended the Carms Means Biz Awards 2017 on April 6th and were awarded the following: The Best Of – Winner best pest c...
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Green Business of the year 2017 Finalist
We are so proud to announce that PreventaPest were shortlisted as a finalist for the green business of the year as part of the business growth awards 2017. The...
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Pigeons – The Problem – The Solution
Pigeon Roosting on a Shop Sign PreventaPest was asked to inspect pigeon activity around a shop sign in Cardiff. The birds were repeatedly using the upper edge ...
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Helping to support the Wales Air Ambulance
We are offering our PAT Testing services to everyone attending the Carms Means Biz 2017 trade show for £1 per item and for every pound we charge that poun...
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Amman Care Services
We are organising another charitable event and this year we have designated Amman Care as our beneficiary. Related PreventaPest services: Explore our pest cont...
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BNI Burton Xmas Offer
In the run up Christmas we find everyone is starting to tighten their belts and are not really interested in messing about swapping pest control companies at th...
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Business of the Year Nominee
PreventaPest has just Qualified for Business of the year 2016 with the best of Carmarthenshire. Related PreventaPest services: Explore our pest control, PAT te...
