COVID-19 support
This is The Negotiator COVID-19 Support Channel, where we are pulling together relevant articles, information and offers relating to the crisis, which can help you keep your business going and help towards recovery.
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Learning to live with Covid
The pandemic is not over and risks still remain, especially for your staff. Adam Walker highlights some key Covid findings and suggests ways to protect your business.
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Isolation for staff pinged by Covid app no longer required
Estate agencies will no longer have to send staff home when they come into contact with those who have tested positive for Covid.
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Estate agents are ‘ready for a pingdemic’ says Propertymark
Propertymark chief Mark Hayward says industry's early release from the original lockdown have prepared it well for staff working from home.
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NRLA backs MPs’ call for urgent action to tackle rent debt crisis
Landlords' association backs call by MPs for government to come up with plan to deal with Covid rent arrears crisis.
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Outraged agents sent ‘pro-forma’ rejection letters from Hiscox
The insurer claims, controversially, that agents will not get pay-outs because Government did not 'mandate' the closure of branches.
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Revealed: What happens to Bounce Back loans if an agency fails
The Negotiator asked one of the UK’s leading insolvency experts, Keith Tully, to give his independent view.
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Supreme Court green lights Covid business interruption policy pay-outs
Five judges overrule original High Court judgement in favour of policy holder in test case brought by FCA.
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Plans to close estate agency branches now ‘under discussion’
Three national newspapers quote different sources revealing top-level discussions on tighter Covid restrictions for the housing market.
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Keir Starmer says property viewings may have to stop ‘very soon’
Labour leader says public are confused by mixed messaging over Covid when property viewings are allowed but primary schools close.
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LATEST: Government says agency branches CAN stay open across all Tiers
Official guidance has now been updated after it took Ministers two days to make a decision about agency branches.
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