Ben Beadle has worked at both PRS property management giant Touchstone and deposit protection firm TDS and will start his job in November at the National Residential Landlords Association.

Landlords have backed plans for its two largest representative bodies to merge to provide a stronger voice for the private rented sector.

Shock announcement will see 80,000 landlord and letting agent members merged into one single entity in January.

TDS Charitable Foundation delivers £15,000 in funding with ground-breaking project to help children avoid ending up on the streets.

Lender says vulnerable renters lack a voice and is funding three tenants' unions, two housing charities and several housing rights campaign groups.

Graham Lock says his fledgling trade buying organisation will eventually have up to 400 non-competing members when it's at full strength.

ARMA says its research shows ageing industry bosses often take no pay and will soon sell up to bigger, corporate competitors.

Membership organisation says deal is part of its strategy to offer the 'latest tech' to its network of estate agencies.