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A fire and rescue service has successfully prosecuted a landlord for failing to comply with the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order...

Two new forums to forge closer bonds between council and landlords in North Yorkshire are to take place in the coming...

Private landlords and letting agents are being offered free advice and information at a networking event hosted by Cumberland council.  Property owners...

Two new forums for landlords and others serving the private rental sector are being held this month. The North Yorkshire council initiative...

A fire and rescue service is urging tenants to know their rights when it comes to fire safety. Warwickshire Fire and Rescue...

The Fire Protection Association says a recent First-Tier Tribunal decision and appeal dismissal highlight the responsibilities that landlords hold in relation...

A trade body says inventories are set to play an increasingly important role in the private rental sector as fire regulations...

A council at the heart of a controversial scheme claims to be “pleased” with the interest shown by private landlords. Leasing Scheme...

London-focussed lettings agency Douglas & Gordon gives its rundown on what new landlords should know to get the most out of...

Landlord Gordon Lee has been sentenced to 12-months' community service and must pay the full costs of his fire safety court...

A fire and rescue service is asking landlords who own or manage HMOs to get involved in a pilot scheme. Over the...

A landlord in the north of England has been given a suspended prison sentence and a huge fine for fire safety...

A landlord has been ordered to pay thousands of pounds by magistrates after a bedroom fire revealed tenants were living in...

Greater Manchester’s Labour Mayor, Andy Burnham, wants to introduce a £1.5m Good Landlord Charter This would work in partnership with the city’s...

A property company and its sole director landlord have been convicted and ordered to pay more than £50,000 in fines and...

A landlord in south west of England has been given a nine month prison sentence, suspended for 18 months, following a...

A landlord has been prosecuted following the death of a tenant in a house fire at an HMO said to have...

Over two million homes in England - that’s almost one in 10 - do not have a working smoke alarm according...

Three years after the Grenfell fire, 257 tower blocks in Britain, housing about 56,000 people, are still to be made safe,...

A private landlord who put the lives of his tenants at risk has been ordered to pay a £20,000 fine and...

A new fire safety campaign urging private sector landlords and letting agents to always abide by the law and install smoke...

A buy-to-let landlord in Glasgow will be left out of pocket after the renewal of her house in multiple occupation (HMO)...

A neglectful landlord, who allowed his tenants to occupy a property without working smoke alarms, a lack of sufficient fire doors...

A now former landlord has been fined £20,000 for putting the lives of five residents at risk after a broke out...

Private landlords looking for fresh fire safety guidance can now gain access to an online fire safety course that has been...

The government is hoping to improve standards in the private rented sector in Telford by handing £388,925 to Telford & Wrekin...

Landlords have been accused of doing little to improve fire safety in their rental properties following the Grenfell Tower disaster. New research,...

The first disqualification order against a private landlord north of the border has been granted by a court in Fife. The man,...

A buy-to-let landlord has been prosecuted after three flats that he owns in Hull were found to be in a dangerous...

A landlord who continued to rent out a house to tenants despite being warned that it posed serious health and a...

A new version of the National Landlords Association’s (NLA) Fire Safety Logbook has been launched to help landlords protect their tenants...

Stirling Council is inviting local private landlords and letting agents to register for an upcoming Open Day and Conference. The annual event,...

A series of raids on privately let properties in the West Country appear to have taken place as a way of...

On 9 June Ceyam Rahman, 24, of Whalley Range, pleaded guilty to seven offences and was hit with fines and costs...

Forty-six residents of a block of converted flats in Luton have been forced to leave their homes after it emerged the...