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11th Mar 2021
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Don’t let RoPA qualifications bar raw talent from estate agency, warns expert
Industry consultant Mike Day says industry must be careful how it introduces minimum qualifications or risk alienating talent.
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16th Feb 2021
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Propertymark slammed for handling of latest leadership resignation
Trade association sends terse email to members about Kirsty Finney's departure and takes down links to articles about her.
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23rd Dec 2020
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Mike Day: How Covid WILL accelerate huge change within the industry
Senior industry figure Mike Day marks 45 years in the industry with a wide-ranging and frank interview with The Negotiator.
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16th Oct 2020
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Facing redundancy? Bruce brothers’ charity says it can help agents bounce back
Agents Together has launched a five-week programme of face-to-face and online help for agents who are, or may be, losing their jobs.
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16th Jun 2020
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Need business mentoring? Then Kenny Bruce could be on the line
The Bruce brother is one of the first four business mentors being offered up to agents who need some advice on how to run their agencies by Agents Together.
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9th Jun 2020
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Watkin and Day: Why we’re backing Agents Together
Mike Day and Chris Watkin make the case for Michael Bruce's new foundation and why experienced people in the industry should join its panel of business mentors.
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9th Jun 2020
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Former Purplebricks boss launches industry foundation to ‘give something back’
It won't be popular with some agents who view Michael Bruce's legacy dimly, but the foundation is backed with £1 million of his personal wealth.
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13th May 2020
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Agencies welcome furlough extension but worry about future
Extension has gone down well but many agents worry if their post-Covid turnover can support normal staffing levels and whether staff have 'lost their mojo'.
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24th Feb 2020
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Breaking: Countrywide confirms merger talks this morning
Following reports on Sky over the weekend and confirmation this morning, industry experts wonder if it would make sense for the two companies to merge.
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9th Dec 2019
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Leading industry figure claims Reservation Agreements being ‘foisted’ on industry
Buying agent and media pundit Henry Pryor has also claimed that the agreements will not speed up the process as intended.
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OFFICIAL: Renting reforms to move forward towards Royal Assent

I hope the 50 MPs are successful, as allowing tenants to move in, claiming to be staying for the long term, and then immediately give one month's noti...

Landlords worried about pets and eviction changes in reforms

I regard S21 and pets as equally damaging. Landlords are really going to struggle as the courts have time and again shown themselves to be biased in f...

Well we've seen quite a lot leave the market already most citing an incoming Labour government and the continued despising of landlords by the current...

Hybrid agents lose more market share but self-employed agents growing

With the growth of self employed agencies, comes the need for some regulation. At the moment anyone can set themselves up as an estate agent with no q...