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The husband-and-wife directors of a Cornish lettings and estate agency have been disqualified from being company directors for a combined 12...
15 May 2024
From: Breaking News
Two property company bosses have been sentenced following an Insolvency Service investigation which found they had abused a £30,000 Bounce Back...
20 December 2023
From: Breaking News
Several lettings agents have been expelled from The Property Ombudsman scheme; they are amongst eight named as having been kicked out...
06 April 2023
From: Breaking News
The head of a property investment firm has been disqualified from being a director for 12 years following the discovery that...
10 March 2023
From: Breaking News
A lettings agent has been banned from holding office in a company for 11 years for abusing Covid loans - but...
04 January 2023
From: Breaking News
Boomin, the online property portal founded by the former boss of Purplebricks, has called in liquidators according to a Sky News...
31 October 2022
From: Breaking News
A property management chief has been disqualified as a director for 12 years after using his firms to take out £135,000...
25 October 2022
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Proceedings against a bankrupt letting agent have been delayed 10 weeks to allow mental health reports to be prepared. Madelaina Eftekhari is...
04 April 2022
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A two-branch lettings agency in Hertfordshire has ceased trading and says it will soon be placed into creditors’ voluntary liquidation. A statement...
01 March 2022
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Three lettings agency bosses have been banned from being directors of companies for a total of over 13 years after being...
14 December 2021
From: Breaking News
A PropTech company says it will support agents left in the lurch by the collapse of ARPM. Ash Residential Property Management -...
06 October 2021
From: Breaking News
The director of a company targeting ‘flipping’ property investors has been disqualified from holding directorships for no less than 14 years. Mitchell...
11 June 2021
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A lettings agency director has been disqualified for seven years after he emptied its bank account following its liquidation. Ghanshyam Sarup Batra, from...
20 May 2021
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There’s been an urgent change to the arrears process over the weekend to dovetail with the government’s new Breathing Space initiative. From...
04 May 2021
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An investigation is underway into a lettings agency which has gone into liquidation owing almost £500,000 in rent to landlords and in...
15 March 2021
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An agent has been banned from being a company director after tax offences involving hundreds of thousands of pounds, or possibly...
02 October 2020
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It’s now been revealed that 112 redundancies have followed the collapse of controversial short lets support firm Hostmaker. The overseas operation of...
05 March 2020
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A lettings agency owner has spoken about his bid to restore his firm's reputation after it was destroyed by a former employee. Earlier...
21 February 2020
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An agent has been disqualified from managing companies for five years after she failed to safeguard £28,000 worth of tenants’ deposits...
12 February 2020
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A lettings management boss has been disqualified for six years after failing to safeguard over £68,000 worth of tenants’ deposits. Kelly Louise Forrester...
15 January 2020
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We are at the beginning of the end for let only tenancies which have effectively been subsidised in the past by...
16 September 2019
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A lettings company’s management director has been disqualified for failing to protect thousands of pounds of tenants’ deposits. Kari Jade Ridout from...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News
A property investment company operating a Ponzi scheme based on claims of capital appreciation and rental income has been shut down...
05 November 2018
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The director of a lettings company has been banned from holding company office for eight years following the revelation that he...
26 September 2017
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An official announcement by the government’s Insolvency Service has revealed that a specialist repossession and eviction firm has been wound up...
28 July 2016
From: Breaking News
The Insolvency Service, which probes all compulsory liquidations and individual bankruptcies, has wound up two letting agencies. Morgan Fox (Lettings) Limited, formerly...