About AgriPest – Pest and environmental management specialists
The award winning AgriPest team have over 70 years combined experience in all aspects of pest and environmental management.
The team have built a reputation as the go to pest control service for domestic, commercial and agricultural pest control treatments.
Although predominantly based in Yorkshire, AgriPest travel throughout the UK dealing with many different pest related issues.
AgriPest Management is a small, family run business that has an incredibly tight-knit team working together to solve our customer’s pest issues.
FULLY QUALIFIED & TRAINED TO THE HIGHEST STANDARDS
Our small team of specialist staff are qualified and trained to the highest standard. We pride ourselves on excellent customer service. Our vehicles are unmarked and the work we carry out is always discrete and confidential.
GOOD WORKING PRACTICE
We have several methods of controlling specific pests, whether it be pesticides, traps, shooting or live catch. This allows us to provide you with the latest and most effective forms of pest control. We are fully insured and regularly update our training. We conform to all current legislation and maintain a high standard of working practice. We provide a proactive approach to pest prevention and control for larger farms and mills, ensuring conformance with audits.
Paul Webster – AgriPest West Yorkshire
Having worked for over 20 years in the retail sector and also building my own business conducting waste management, I stumbled across the opportunity of taking on a franchise at AgriPest and learning pest control. As a lifelong retail man that was scared of spiders, the idea of controlling pests was quite daunting, but I knew that it was a passion I had inside of me that I had to follow.
Speaking to Nick and Jess about what an AgriPest franchise had to offer filled me with excitement and I jumped at the chance to take it further. It felt like a good opportunity to follow my passion and give myself, my wife and our kids a better quality of life. Since beginning the franchise and completing the training courses I have learned so much. Working with Nick I started to gain a confidence in myself I didn’t know was there.
Six months after registering AgriPest West Yorkshire we were in a position where my wife could leave her job and help to build the online presence of our franchise. The business has gone from strength to strength and another 6 months down the line I have now quit my part time job at the Council to fully focus on AgriPest West Yorkshire.
Within 12 months we have grown a successful franchise of AgriPest to a stage where my wife and I both work for ourselves and have more time at home for the kids along with more expendable income. Nick and Jess have been there to support us every step of the way, always on the other end of the phone. We still have a lot to learn and there is always something new to explore, but we are well on our way to becoming a very successful franchise. If only we had done this years ago!
Jess Palmer – Company secretary, Wife and brilliant mum!
Jess is a fully qualified pest controller and has been the linchpin of AgriPest since the day it started. Jess has spent countless hours listening and supporting me during the early days of us setting up AgriPest.
Jess also studied Animal Management at Askham Bryan for three years, as well as working for the NHS. She has helped me set up the business, completed many pest control jobs herself and recently became the company secretary.
Being a pest controller’s wife means many early mornings, late nights and being incredibly understanding and always being prepared to muck in. Jess has strived at all these things while being a brilliant mum.
What makes a Pest controller?
Pest controllers are not just “pest controllers” but detectives, scientists, builders, carpenters, working at height experts, dangerous environment specialists, conservation officers, wildlife managers, customer service professionals, auditors, accountants, engineers, marketing managers, hazardous material experts, biologists, I.T specialists, mums and dads.
We often speak to customers who are amazed at the variety of work we do, situations we find ourselves in and what is required to be an award-winning pest control service.
The days of throwing poison around are over (thankfully) and the age of integrated pest management that requires adaptable and skilled wildlife managers are in!
As pest controllers we are not only expected to treat the pest issue but liaise closely with our customers. We explain the pest’s biology, locate the ingress points, install management processes to prevent further issues and implement these physical controls.
As a professional pest control company, we recognise the importance of high-quality staff training and investing in the best materials and equipment. This enables AgriPest Management to offer a premium pest control service with customer satisfaction at the heart of our company.
Then there is the work that goes on behind the scenes as many nights and early mornings are spent writing reports, quotes, invoices, which ensures the customer is pest free and fully satisfied with our service.
We work incredibly hard as a team to ensure all our customers are pest free and happy. 100% goes into every job and this has gained us some of the best customers in Yorkshire!!
