Rentokil grateful to rats and wasps for 10% rise in sales
by Rob Davies from Environment | The Guardian on (#4A3B9)
Summer heatwave in UK and Europe brings increase in call-outs for pest control
Searing heat in the UK and across Europe last summer led to an increase in infestations of rats, wasps and flies, leading to a marked increased in call-outs for pest control business Rentokil Initial.
The company, which has been catching rats since 1924, said the number of call-outs to deal with wasps doubled in the UK and Europe as temperatures soared in the summer of 2018. It also said fly control was up by a third in the UK and it dealt with 14% more rat problems.
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