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Pest Control is about helping people…so is the Leicester Fareshare Spring Fair

Leicester Fareshare Spring Fair.

There are also people who have fallen on hard times and, for whatever reason, don’t have the means to feed themselves. That’s why we’re sponsoring the Leicester Fareshare Spring Fair. Pest Control is about helping people. We started Acclaim Environmental because we knew that there were lots of people and businesses out there who needed help and protection from the effects of pests and vermin. Fareshare is a national charity that fights hunger by taking good food that would normally be thrown away and giving it to the needy. It supports various food banks, breakfast clubs for children who wouldn’t get anything to eat, out reach programmes for those in need. Fareshare’s vision is to bring good food to those in want whilst ensuring that the food is not wasted in a landfill site. Thousands of tonnes from the food industry was turned into 17.7 million meals for hungry people in the last year. On 21st May, Acclaim Environmental are very proud to be sponsoring the Fareshare Spring Fair. If you’re in Leicester, Enderby, Narborough, Broughton Astley, Blaby, Oadby, Wigston or any of the surrounding villages please come along and support the Fareshare Spring Fair. You’ll be making a difference to many lives. For example, there are approximately 9000 armed forces veterans who are currently homeless after serving their country. Please help to support people like them who have no one to turn to. For more info, go to the Fareshare FaceBook page by clicking here.

Bring the kids along and have some fun for a great cause. We’ll understand if you already have plans and can’t make it to the Fareshare Spring Fair. If so, you can find out more about Fareshare’s work. by clicking here. For more information contact Simone Connelly at Fareshare’s Leicester hub on 0116 286 7735.

Cheap Pest Control

Cheap pest control – is it worth it?

Have you ever wanted cheap pest control? Do you think that pest control is something that is worthwhile or really just a ‘box-ticking exercise’. Just something to keep the auditors happy? If you ‘go cheap’, what is the worst that can happen? Why would anyone ever want to pay more than the absolute bare minimum for pest control? Could cheap pest control harm your business? Could anyone be injured by poor pest control? Dan talks to you about the pitfalls and possibilities surrounding cheap pest control and why it can harm your business or home. Its not your fault that you don’t know about pest control – that’s the pest control industry’s fault. We want to inform you so that you can make informed decisions about protecting your business or home. The old adage that ‘you get what you pay’ for never rang truer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4CbayHGRY If you’d like to comment on the video, please feel free. We love a bit of pest control discussion This is a much misunderstood industry and its his time you learned about what pest control can do for your health, industry, business and bottom line. If you live in London, Leicester, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Birmingham, Bedford, Luton, The Home Counties, Oxford, or any of the surrounding areas, we’d love to hear about your experiences with pest control. We hope they’re good. We know some might not be so great. We’re striving to bring a great service to the UK and can only do that with honest feedback. What will cheap pest control cost you?

Vacancy: Pest Control Surveyor needed – We’re hiring a salesperson!

Pest Control Surveyor Needed: Acclaim Environmental Technical Surveyor/ Salesperson: GREATER LONDON, HOME COUNTIES and SOUTH EAST

‘There are no bad prospects – only bad salespeople…’

David H Sandler

Acclaim Environmental is obsessed with putting the professionalism back into pest control and promoting pest control as the vital, life-saving stalwart it should be regarded as.

We operate in a viciously competitive and price-sensitive market place.

The thing is, we never compete on price: in fact, we’re normally the most expensive option… but we get repeat business from many happy customers. Why do you think that is? What is the one reason customers invest more in us? Could you sell our proposition? Can you out-sell our cheaper competition at an ethical, premium price and ensure that the customer is still over the moon? We’re here to raise standards…can you do the same?

The role:-

The joy of this role is to find people in genuine pain and present them with solutions to make it all better – easy to say – harder to do. To be successful in this role you need to have:

A habit of seeking and uncovering the truth
A solid and demonstrable prospecting habit.
The moral fibre to walk away if our proposition can’t help a prospect.
An understanding of people and ability to put their best interests first
A drive to excel and achieve unlimited earnings
Possession of a full driving licence
An ability to fail …yes…that is not a typo.
An interest in developing new products and services

We like a bit of spirited discussion and love new ideas – shrinking violets need not apply. Maybe you’re that person that has loads of cool ideas but management ignores you? If you enjoy a role which offers variety and you live within the M25 region or M4 corridor, we would love to hear from you.

Experience:-

Experience in selling subscription-based problem-solving products and services in this or similar industries will be an advantage. If you work in a sales system – (eg Sandler selling system,etc) that’ll help. We’re actually more interested in your attitudes, behaviours and beliefs. These will be uncovered at interview – besides, we have a proven training culture. It’ll help if you understand Pest Control and the different opportunities in the market. We know no one is perfect but if you have the right attitude, we will give you the skills and knowledge to succeed to a level you’ve not yet realised you can get to. You should have a natural ability to spot opportunities and have a willingness to take on new ways of thinking about selling to new and existing customers. If you’re tired of selling low-value pest control contracts based on price, we may be refreshingly different for you. If you’re not having fun in sales, you’re doing it wrong. You’ll get the best training money can buy. We want you to be happy and fulfilled: One word of warning, though – sales in this market is tough, demanding and unforgiving. If you work better in a big, cuddly team and prefer excuses to accountability, you’ll definitely be happier elsewhere. Also, occasionally you may need to stay away overnight so please don’t apply if this will be a problem for you or your loved ones. All our sales people need to be able to present, communicate effectively and have the willingness to embrace personal growth through alternative methods of selling that may seem counter-intuitive at first.

Benefits:-

You will earn a basic salary package with a very attractive commission scheme with a truly unlimited earning potential – (capping commission is moronic), regular incentives, a car, expenses, iPad and iPhone. You’ll get 20 days holiday (this will rise to 25 days in 5 years). In addition you may participate in fortnightly sales coaching with arguably the UK’s leading sales coach. We want to help you understand what makes you tick and how to be happy in life. The opportunities to progress your career are limitless for the right individual. If none of that motivates you…well, maybe we’re not going to be right for each other.

Get in touch:

Often companies advertising for sales people will specify candidates should have ‘an existing network of customers in our industry’. This is generally code for ‘please shaft your current employer by stealing all their best customers and bringing them to us’. Well, we’re not going to demand that you do this as we wouldn’t like it if someone tried to do it to us. We’ll only help customers who are genuinely unhappy. If you’re interested, email us a letter explaining why you want to work with us and why you think you’d be a great member of our team. Also, include a link to your personal website (if you have one – don’t worry if you haven’t), LinkedIn or social media profile. We think a lot of CVs are waffle so don’t waste your time trying to perfect a CV that looks like everyone else’s. We need someone who is remarkable. We’ll want to know:

What makes you a great salesperson?
What is your attitude to money/prospects/sales?
Tell us about your best sales, what you did throughout and how you closed the client
Do you want to be truly exceptional in sales or do you just tell yourself you do?
What habits do you have that help you to be a great sales person?
Are you the finished, polished salesperson who can’t improve?
Referees – 2 minimum

Email should come to: [email protected] if you need other contact details…well, if you’re right for us, you’ll figure that one out.

CLOSING DATE 31 MAY 2016.

Z PEST CONTROL SURVEYOR NEEDED.

Greener Pest Control in Northamptonshire

Greener Pest Control

Years ago, we used to run all of our service vehicles on used vegetable oil. Honestly. No, I’m not making this up. This was all part of a push for greener pest control. It was great while it lasted. Unfortunately, the demand for greener pest control vehicles is not widespread. In fact, its non-existent. So, eventually the only vans that we could fit the conversion kits to got very old. This meant that they started to need repairs and increased maintenance which increased customers bills – not to mention the risk of our service vehicles breaking down!! So, that is why we now run modern fuel efficient vehicles which, in the long run, are actually greener than the old vans. Now, I’m going to tell you about the claims that some make about being green. Most companies in this space focus on the fact that they use chemicals as a last resort which leads them to claim green credentials. Well, that’d be a fair enough claim to make if you only wanted to be accurate about the fact that less chemicals are better for the natural world than more chemicals. However, if you want to stand out and not be another ‘Me Too!!’ company, you need to find a different hook. So, why do I write this? Because it’s ILLEGAL to do anything else. The Control of Pesticides Regulations 1986 (and as amended 1987) dictates that pest controllers should only use the minimum amount. Companies like Bayer and BASF invest hundreds of millions of pounds in research so when they print the instructions on a bottle of insecticide costing £150, you can be sure that those instructions are accurate – you don’t need to ‘add another spoonful for the pot’. Any pest control company worth their salt only uses the minimum amount of chemical. So, its rather disingenuous to claim that you’re using chemicals as a last resort just to be green. The real reason is because its mandatory Anyway, it keeps costs down to use only the amount that is needed. And you can’t use chemical if no pest is present. I know that sounds obvious but, for some, its needed to be stated.

Kinder Pest Control

A lot of companies will quote IPM or ‘Integrated Pest Management’. This has been around for years. Now I’m all for IPM and think that they should be promoting it. In fact, I intend to blog about just that subject in the future. The thing is that , again, any good pest control company should be doing IPM anyway. Why? Because IPM is common sense. There’s a bit more too it than this but it essentially boils down to:

Tidy up
Proof your property
If 1 and 2 fail, kill the pests – then do 1 and 2 anyway.

Greener pest control means changing our environment in order to avoid having to end the life of pest species. You don’t need to use chemicals if there are no pests to kill in the first place. You also don’t have to employ a pest control company in a diesel-burning van to do it. Acclaim Environmental are committed to greener pest control because its what is woven into our DNA. Its the standard that all companies should uphold but is too often only remembered during marketing activities.

We cover the whole of Northamptonshire, Northampton, Leicester, Birmingham, Bedford, Milton Keynes and London as well as the surrounding areas.

Acclaim Environmental are Proud members of the BPCA

Pest Control Leicester City

Pest Control Leicester is a term that we feel we own. For those who don’t know about our company (and frankly, there’s no reason why you should) it may be worth pointing out that Acclaim Environmental was founded by a former police officer from Leicester. Mervyn Gaskin (who also co-founded Merton Cleaning Supplies served Leicester City from the former police station in Charles Street before setting up his pest control company to cover his home city.

MW55 001 — A different kind of pest control!

In fact, we have some pictures of him somewhere where he was a young police officer tasked with keeping citizens away from a swarm of bees on a lamp post. Over the years, we have conducted pest control in Leicester and know every part of the city. Its really helped us to lay down a great knowledge of where all the problems are and why they happen. Leicester has wonderful hospitals, universities, transport hubs, industrial zones and many residential areas at all end of the social scale.

A diverse city deserves the best in pest control

We feel very strongly about protecting the diverse population from pests in the city and the surrounding countryside. Whether its rats, mice or bedbugs, our local knowledge is something that we feel makes us first choice for an understanding response. Indeed, some of the companies we serve are some of Leicester’s most famous businesses.

Pest Control Leicester -Aerial Photograph of Leicester

Although we feel that we’re ‘Pest Control Leicester’, we generally go incognito and prefer to discreetly perform pest control for Leicester. We may drive past you on your way to work or as you walk through the city. You’ll probably not notice us. We hope you don’t. Our job is to perform pest control in Leicester as efficiently and effectively as possible without causing a fuss.

Thank you for allowing us to look after you and the companies you have in the City of Leicester. We cover the whole of Leicester and Leicestershire, Northampton, Birmingham, Bedford, Milton Keynes and London as well as the surrounding areas.