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TDS ‘founding father’ Mike Morgan joins rival Hamilton Fraser
One of the founders of the TDS, Mike Morgan, has joined rival Hamilton Fraser to become its Legal Division Manager with responsibility for two of its newest services, HF Assist and PRS mediation. Morgan played a key role in the founding of tenancy deposit protection scheme The Dispute Service (TDS) in 2006 and worked there for 13 years until April last year, and was one of the key players in the emerging dispute resolution sector within the property industry. Before that Morgan enjoyed a varied career including 10 years as a flight operations officer in the RAF and before that roles at the Furniture Ombudsman and in Trading Standards. Mike says his key focus in his new role at Hamilton Fraser is to empower more agents to ask for help and improve their standards to avoid disputes arising. Gone wrong “Over the years, I have seen countless examples where agents have gone wrong and more often than not, avoiding the issue could have been so easy. “One of the biggest challenges letting agents have faced over the last 10 years is the constant changing of legislation. “This is particularly true of those smaller businesses, sole traders and single branch operators…
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Lettings drive 77% of all complaints about estate agents, says PRS
Redress scheme also says its membership has increased by 50% over the past 12 months, as more and more agents joined Brexit despite the fees ban and other industry headwinds.
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Features
The tenant deposit revolution
Andrea Kirkby reports on the fast-moving market for deposit protection schemes.
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Products & Services
Alternative deposits competition hots up following ‘Netflix-style’ subscription launch
Subscription-based service Ome has been launched by insurance and compliance giant Hamilton Fraser after three years of planning.
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20% of sales agents not members of a CMP scheme
Research by Hamilton Fraser reveals that thousands of sales agents in the UK are trading illegally.
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Features
Protect and survive – landlord and tenant insurance
Insurance policies to protect landlords’ income and their properties are essential in today’s market, as Lisa Isaacs explains.
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Government approves first CMP scheme ahead of April 1st deadline
Hamilton Fraser's Client Money Protect offering now has an official seal of approval and is for agents holding up to £5 million of client cash.
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Charity
Oof! Agents knuckle down to an evening of boxing and fund raising
260 agents gathered in London last week to raise money for a cancer charity during an evening of boxing and auctions during the Rumble with the Agents event.
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Compulsory Client Money Protection moves a step closer
Switch to mandatory Client Money Protection (CMP) could come in a matter of weeks, with Government expected to finalise and release its regulations imminently.
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