Hi All, Can anyone give me an agency I can carry out a credit check on new tenants with? Do many people do this as a matter of course? Thanks for any info...

You can use Equifax (easily found with google search). I subscribe to the Residential Landlords Assoc for £70 per annum which offers the service using Equifax and many other services including free legal support - they are excellent in my view and I save their subscription many times over, also their recommended insurers are hard to beat.

Thanks Jo