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Pest control in 2027

Proving competence and stewardship through a sale

Connect people, product evidence and customer records before relying on pest-control service continuity through a sale.

For sellers and buyers 14 pages 11-minute read Updated Oct 2026

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Who this guide is for

For pest control owners preparing a sale and buyers checking service continuity. Use it to organise the questions for practitioners, issuers, suppliers and your solicitor.

What you will take from it

  • Check the existing January 2026 CRRU purchase-evidence requirements against the person's actual records.
  • Separate personal competence, company membership, product restrictions and customer commitments.
  • Use a two-page fillable matrix to record evidence, unanswered questions and the person following them up.

What is inside

  1. Name the activity before the permission
  2. Check the person's purchase evidence
  3. Follow the product to the site
  4. Separate membership from personal evidence
  5. Trace the customer's service record
  6. Give each open question an owner

The tool: pest control stewardship handover matrix

Record people, certificates, CPD, product and site evidence on the first sheet. Use the second to assign open questions, actions and review dates.

It comes as its own file as well as a page of the guide.

Two pages from the guide

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Tell us who you are and the guide opens on this page, with the pest control stewardship handover matrix as its own file.

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Simon Read

Prepared by Simon Read

Founder & Managing Director, Reads Advice Partners Ltd

Simon founded Reads M&A Advisory to specialise in trades such as HVAC, electrical, fire safety and facilities management, and has spent many years selling businesses to independent buyers, trade companies and private equity-backed groups across the UK.

Updated Oct 2026. The Autumn Budget is scheduled for Oct 2026, and we review every guide after it.

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