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Trading Standards warns lettings agents to protect client's money after firm fined £8,000

Trading Standards is reminding letting agents of their legal obligation to protect money they are holding on behalf of a client after a tribunal upheld an £8,000 fine imposed on a firm.

Heart of the South West Trading Standards imposed the fine on Swallows Property Ltd., in Frome, Somerset, after they had repeatedly ignored advice to obtain Client Money Protection that protects the...