Tenancy Deposit Service restores emails and phones after HQ fire

  Phone lines for the Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) have been reconnected following Wednesday night’s fire at its headquarters in Hemel Hempstead, the company has announced, and its email service has been reinstated too. “Phone lines have now been restored and we will continue to improve these services over the coming days,” a statement says. “All deposits remain protected, data is safe, and our website is operating as normal.” TDS has endured one of the worst nightmares any business can imagine; its office was gutted by a ‘major fire’ at its headquarters in the Maylands industrial estate north east of the town centre. As we reported, the blaze started during the late afternoon of Wednesday in the roof of the building (see right) and soon engulfed most of the block rented by TDS as huge flames leapt in to the air. A significant proportion of the building, which is within a complex called The Progression Centre, was severely damaged during the fire, which was put out by 8pm that night. The Mark Road site housed 89 members of staff including management, finance, IT and customer service teams for both TDS’ Insured and Custodial schemes. 19 adjudicators are based off-site. TDS…

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