My Mother belonged to one of those schemes, where you make regular payments, and that is supposed cover callout charges for plumbers etc. Last week she had an urgent plumbing problem. She duly rang the help line but after punching a series of numbers into her phone, was eventually told that no-one was available to…
There are several articles in the Observer today about a new report out which says what we all knew anyway. There are not many women on the boards of big companies. Its not really surprising. These companies were mostly set up and developed during a time when women either did not work at all, or…
Perhaps it is a letting agent who (contrary to the bad press which agents often get) has really looked after your properties well and found you great tenants? Maybe you are a tenant and you think the service provided by your landlord is exceptional? Or perhaps you know of someone who has achieved something incredible,…
Further to my post yesterday, I have been reminded by the National Landlords Association that they also have awards, and have recently announced the finalists in their Property Women Awards 2009. I am happy to support the sisterhood and publish their names here: •East of England: Karen Murray, Irene Turner and Christeen Wilson •East Midlands:…
Just to let you know that Accession Exhibitions & Publishing Ltd (who run the Landlord & Buy to Let Show) have now launched the Landlord & Buy to Let Awards which look to be very exciting. There are a number of award categories (for example landlord of the year, insurance services, customer service, letting agent…
A couple of weeks ago I was concerned as my online bank statement seemed to be showing me as not having any available cash when I knew for a fact that I did. The lady at the bank told me to speak to their online banking customer services department. I duly did this and they…
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