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Wise Up Wednesday – Another £100 million Lost! So Let’s Review The Basics About Getting Paid – Part One
“Subcontractors fear bad debts owed to the supply chain following the collapse of a major main contractor could top £100m” is one of just many daunting headlines over recent months! That’s a …
Wise Up Wednesday – How Should Contracts Be Set Up And What To Watch Out For! Part 2
This second and final part of a recent ‘Wise up Wednesday’ explains some of the onerous terms I have come across in practice. Part one is here. Onerous Amendments Unfortunately, many Contractors …
Wise Up Wednesday – How Should Contracts Be Set Up And What To Watch Out For! Part 1.
The Standard JCT Building Sub-Contracts all follow the principle of having separate Articles of Agreement and Terms and Conditions documents. Over time the forms have been revised such as in 2011 to …
Wise Up Wednesday – Don’t Get Angry Get Paid!
If you don’t get paid your business fails. It’s that simple! Ask any insolvency practitioner and they will confirm that lots of otherwise profitable businesses fail because they don’t collect what’s owed …
Wise Up Wednesday: If Construction Was a Football Tournament!
Just imagine if construction was a football tournament what would it look like? The Organisers First, we have the tournament organisers the Employers if you will. There are lots of them from …
Wise Up Wednesday: Paying Into A Trade Body? – You Should Be Fuming Right Now!
If you are paying into a Trade Association you might want to ask yourself/them what the benefits are, and my guess is that one of those stated benefits will be “representation at …
New Year, New Payment Problem?
If you have been welcomed back to work to a new year, new payment problem, then here’s some important news. Late payment and unfair set offs have led to thousands of Specialist …
Will the Bank Of England Save You?
Will the Bank of England save you? Will Liz Truss? Maybe the Bank of England intervening will save your Specialist Contracting business from the economic destruction we are about to live through. …
Issue Notices: Don’t Put Your Business At Risk #3
Make Sure You Get Noticed! (Part 3) This week’s Wise Up Wednesday is the last of three WUW’s about the all important subject of notices. And yet again this week I have …
Issue Notices. Don’t Put Your Business At Risk #II
Make Sure You Get Noticed! (Part 2) The previous ‘Get Noticed’ Wise Up Wednesday post was the first of three posts about the all important subject of notices. So here is Part …
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