Outsourced accounting supplier, The Letting Partnership, has been honoured with The Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2021 for its excellence in innovation.

Approved client money protection scheme CMP says bank intransigence continues to hamper agents' attempts to comply with regulations.

London Trading Standards says 100 agents have already been notified of potential fines with more to follow.

Meet Rebecca Marsh, the industry’s new Property Ombudsman. Fresh into her new role, The Negotiator presses her on the key issues that face the industry and TPO.

The PCAs required by agents to comply with CMP regulations have proved difficult to open because they have been deemed to be higher risk.

Legislation has now become law and letting agents not registered with one of six schemes is now trading illegally.

As unintended consequences go, says Adam Walker, this tale of woe is a great illustration of how our lives and businesses can be dramatically disrupted without us doing anything wrong.

The government has laid down the new legislation in parliament that will make Client Money Protection mandatory for all agents by April next year.