The Carsberg review has concluded that the residential property market is not working well, because clients are not well informed about the qualifications of different agents, or about what to expect from them in the way of service. The review has recommended that regulation of the market should be moved from the Office of Fair Trading to a new regulator. 

The Bacs Payment Schemes Limited has launched a Challenge League that draws on the heritage of fantasy football style competitions and is a free-to-use, reality league, based on real data. The League will allow councils to benchmark their performance and compare their achievements against those of similar sized organisations that are also trying to drive up Direct Debit use for the regular payment of Council Tax and Business Rate bills. 

By Kevin Duncan
How many times have you thought of something crucial to do and then forgotten it completely? That’s why people invented lists. And very useful they are too, if, and only if, they are used effectively. Put thirty things on a list, and it becomes too daunting. Put three things on, and there’s no point in having a list. And so we have refined the art of list writing to allow for about ten or twenty things to do.
But in truth, most lists are rubbish.