Posts Tagged ‘employment’
Death by a thousand cuts – legislation is killing the letting agent
There is an unforeseen cumulative effect of the raft of new legislation, says Adam Walker, and it is pushing the independent out of the PRS. We have completed a much higher than usual number of business sales this month due to people rushing to beat the latest tax increase in the Spring Budget. However there…
Read MoreWe Must Give Our Young People A Chance
A friend recently asked me to give his son some advice about a career in an estate agency. I did my best to help him but in the process of doing so I realised that it would be almost impossible for him to do what I did when I started. I took my first estate…
Read MoreThe Impact Of N.I. On Letting Agents
There have been a lot of articles about the impact of the recent National Insurance increases on pubs, shops and the big supermarkets. However, no-one yet has a written about the impact on estate agents and letting agents and the impact will be quite serious. Let’s look at the impact on a small letting agent…
Read MoreRecruitment Mistakes To Become Illegal
I will never forget my first day in estate agency 44 years ago. I had been recruited by the branch manager and I had never met the senior partner before I started my job. I was very young and very keen so I arrived at my office half an hour before it opened in order…
Read MoreSurviving COVID-19 – Changing Your Employment Practices
One of the most important factors that separates the best estate agency and letting agents from the rest is the quality of their staff. Until now employers have competed to recruit the best staff by offering higher salaries, better cars and better promotion prospects but COVID-19 has changed all this because a huge percentage of…
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