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In his third and final article in this 3-part series, David Beaumont looks at the legal statues of Material Information Guidance. ...

In this, the second of a three-part series, David Beaumont continues his critique of the new Material Information Guidance. There are 21...

In the first of a short series of articles, David Beaumont, managing director of Compliance Matters, casts a professional eye over...

Ben Ridgway and Jamie Cooke, co-founders of iamproperty Group brought together industry leaders in a recent roundtable to discuss the challenges...

We have more regulations controlling the sector than ever before and we have more ‘regulators’ involved in controlling the sector than...

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is to expel an estate agent for breaking several of its membership rules.  Dion Beard,...

A month ago we ran a quiz compiled by compliance training expert David Beaumont - and the results do not make...

The Property Professionals Support Centre, set up earlier this year to provide compliance advice and training, has launched a free compliance...

This debate has been running for some time, but it tends to be the online providers of electronic checks that put...

The long-awaited Euro 2016 tournament is here at last and to mark the event, compliance training expert David Beaumont - a...

Conducting Customer Due Diligence on clients and beneficial owners is a requirement for all estate agents.   The articles in this series...

Straightforward money laundering customer due diligence (CDD) is a worry for agents, but then also having to identify beneficial owners and...

There is a substantial amount of misunderstanding over this question, which needs clarifying.   In general terms, the Money Laundering Regulations require...

There is widespread misunderstanding within agency concerning money laundering obligations.  The first thing to note is that contrary to popular belief the...

The firm which this week announced it had won a landmark money laundering appeal case says it's not all doom and...

Money laundering compliance is the hot topic at the moment, with various organisations making statements about the need to change and...

Four well-known figures in the worlds of compliance and agency training have joined forces to launch the Property Professionals Support Centre. PPSC...