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Lancashire estate agent faces social media storm over ‘dreadful’ tweets
An estate agent in Lancashire has been banned from his football team’s home ground after posting an ‘obscene series of tweets’ about the death of Cardiff player Emiliano Sala from a Twitter account linked to his business. 36-year-old Gary Kay, who runs an estate agency in Burnley, used his Twitter account following a match between Burnley FC and Cardiff FC to mock Sala’s death, saying “We all live in a Sala submarine…. the latest number 1 in Cardiff”. The 28-year-old Argentinian player died in January when the Piper PA-46 Malibu light aircraft he was travelling in crashed into the sea north of Guernsey, killing both him and the pilot. The comments enraged many on the social media platform including Welsh politician Neil McEvoy who said he had reported “this dreadful abuse” to the Football Association, and Kay was interviewed voluntarily by Lancashire police. Zero tolerance Officials at Burnley FC, which is in the Premiership, have now said that Kay is banned from its Turf Moor ground (pictured, above) pending the outcome of the police investigation and that it had a “strict zero tolerance policy to any racial or discriminatory behaviour” by fans. Following the tweets, Kay subsequently said on Twitter…
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Record £20,000 fine for unlicensed landlord with 62 properties
Cardiff landlord Charles Baker is to pay £200,000 fine and costs after failing to gain relevant licences from Rent Smart Wales.
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Cardiff agents raise a glass or two and £8,000 for children’s charity
Nearly 200 property industry professionals gathered to bid for auction lots and raise cash for Magic Moments charity.
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Welsh agency Darlows needs your help to raise £6,000 for children’s charity
Can you help? Welsh agency Darlows is organising a ball in Cardiff to help raise extra cash for children's charity Magic Moments.
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Cardiff agent exposed for not paying National Minimum Wage
A letting agent in Cardiff has appeared in a list of over 200 companies in the UK for underpaying their staff the National Minimum Wage. Kingston City Properties, which trades as Kingstons Residential and is based in the central Cathays area of Cardiff, is one of the 230 companies who the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has identified as underpaying wages and fined a total of £1.9 million. Kingston City Properties has been going since 1999 and its letting business is well known in Cardiff as it sponsors the Cardiff Met rugby team. The companies on the list must also return the unpaid wages, which in the case of Kingston City Properties is £636 unpaid to one employee. This is the 12th round of ‘naming and shaming’ that BEIS has initiated and there are currently 2,000 firms under investigation at the moment. Once a company has been reported and investigated, it can then appeal but, if the appeal is rejected, their name is then published. BEIS says the latest list represents £2 million in back-pay for some 13,000 workers within the different categories of company, most of which are retail, food, hospitality and hairdressing firms. Since 2013,…
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Regional Reports
Kent, Bedfordshire and Cardiff
Each month we visit three agents across the country to discover what is happening in their businesses and local markets. This month we visit Kent, Bedfordshire and Cardiff.
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