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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: 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 …

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 …

Wise Up Wednesday: No Notice – No Extension of Time – No Payment!

The first thing to understand, and I cannot over emphasise this point, is that if you don’t issue notices when you should, you won’t get extensions of time and you won’t get …

25% Off This “Must read for all subcontractors…”

“If you are a subcontractor you need to read this book”: so says one of the many positive reviews of my book The Streetwise Subbie. The StreetwiseSubbie is a book that is …

Wise Up Wednesday: It’s Official – Shop The Bad Payers!

It’s now official that you should shop the bad payers! According to a report in PBC Today the government will ‘call out’ construction companies who indulged in poor payment practices during the …

Further Urgent Advice For Subcontractors

Urgent Advice For Subcontractors Affected By Coronavirus (COVID – 19) Urgent advice for Subcontractors. Yesterday I published my ‘Wise Up Wednesday’ email as usual, and stressed the importance of taking action to …

Wise Up Wednesday: Urgent Advice For Subcontractors Affected By Coronavirus (COVID – 19)

I sincerely hope this ‘Wise Up Wednesday’ post finds you in good health. Like many of us I’m sure you’re busy trying to make sense of what is happening and keep on …

Wise Up Wednesday: Small Changes Could Transform Your Business!

This week, Wise Up Wednesday is about “change” and how changes could transform your business! in particular it’s about making small changes that could make a big difference to your business. And …

Wise Up Wednesday: An Old Message Might Just Save Your Business!

Cash Is Reality Bearing in mind that Cash is reality, there’s a very old message that goes like this; # Turnover is vanity… # Profit is sanity… # Cash is reality! You …

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