Category: Late Payment of Specialist Sub-Contractors

Wise Up Wednesday: A Miracle At Christmas?

Fair and proper payment: This is the last edition of Wise Up Wednesday before Christmas and as the big day approaches, I wish I had a miracle cure to solve all of …

Wise Up Wednesday: Helping Subbies Get Paid

Don’t Get Angry… Helping Subbies Get Paid This week’s “Wise Up Wednesday” is about a topic close to every Specialist Contractor’s heart; helping Subbies get paid. If you don’t get paid your …

Wise Up Wednesday – Subbies Paid In Full

We’re ensuring subbies getting paid in full. Why be a pushover? Welcome to this week’s Wise Up Wednesday, exclusively for Specialist Contractors. It’s your weekly burst of useful information, sometimes hard hitting, …

Another Two Specialist Contractors Bite The Dust…But Who’s Counting?

Another One Bites The Dust… (It’s two actually – but no-one seems to be counting) Just read about not one, but two Specialist Contractors that have bit the dust this week… McGrath …

When you’re not getting paid in construction, when is the problem not about payment?

Don’t confuse the two… Question: When you’re not getting paid, when is the problem not about payment? Answer: When it’s a dispute about valuation. The two things are interconnected but they are …

Payment Still Major Concern Despite Increased Workload

Specialist Contractors are still suffering from late payment on public sector projects despite an upturn in workload. According to the latest survey payment remains a major concern for building services firms, with …

Our Very Best Ideas To Help Protect and Grow Your Business

We’d like you to have our very best ideas to help protect and grow your business over the next 12 months, and they’re now available in a set of 10 Relevant, Informative, …

Why Specialist Contractors Aren’t Getting Paid…

Sadly yet another Specialist Contractor went to the wall  this week as Wrexham-based specialist steelwork contractor L M Engineering Services went into administration. No doubt that when the details come out they …

Are UK Trade Associations Failing Their Members?

Trade Associations, are by definition “organisations that represent the interests of the member firms of an industry”. But when I look at what some of the trade associations in the UK construction …

Bursting The Construction “Growth” Bubble: Why Subbies Should Be Wary Of The Hidden Dangers of a “Growing” Industry

According to the headlines the industry is seeing the best growth it’s enjoyed in many a long year. And if you read enough of them, you could actually be forgiven for starting …

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