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Wise Up Wednesday: Essential Contract Law

It’s Wise Up Wednesday! A series of short emails to help you stay on top Essential Contract Law Our Wise Up Wednesday Guides are sometimes quirky, sometimes hard hitting, but always guaranteed …

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Every Wednesday, Barry Ashmore, managing director of StreetwiseSubbie.com,  sends his ‘Wise up Wednesday’ e-mail to around 10,000 Specialist Contractors. Full of important information to help Subbies to keep on top of Contractual …

Wise Up Wednesday! How To Beat That Aggressive QS!

Our Wise Up Wednesday Guides are sometimes quirky, sometimes hard hitting, but always guaranteed to make you think and take no more than 2 minutes to read. The Contractor’s Aggressive QS Construction …

Wise Up Wednesday: Hugely worrying!

It’s Wise Up Wednesday! A series of short emails to help you stay on top Hugely Worrying! In the last few days Liberal Democrats leader Sir Vince Cable has described this year’s …

Wise Up Wednesday: Onerous Terms Could Finish You!

Your Wise Up Wednesday today is a warning about signing up to unclear and onerous contract terms. Poor And Onerous Drafting Please don’t assume that all contracts are the same. They aren’t. …

Wise Up Wednesday PS: Update On Carillion – Channel 4 10:30pm tonight

Update On Carillion – And Construction Dies While The Worthies Bicker! My Wise up Wednesday earlier today referred to Carillion and the thousands of businesses that have suffered as a result of their …

Wise Up Wednesday: Don’t be Bullied!

Arrogant Bullies! The arrogance and bully boy tactics of some Main Contractors and indeed some of the very largest Sub-Contractors is staggering. They think that they can treat you like dirt and …

Wise Up Wednesday: Trade Body Failing on Payment

This week your Wise up Wednesday focuses on the fact that the Build UK Contractor members are simply not paying on time, and seemingly Build UK and its Trade Association members are …

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Every Wednesday, Barry Ashmore, managing director of StreetwiseSubbie.com,  sends out his Wise up Wednesday e-mail to all our e-mail subscribers. Full of important information to help specialist contractors to keep on top …

Wise Up Wednesday: Construction Profit Warnings

According to Ernst and Young twice as many profit warnings were issued by FTSE construction and material companies in the first half of 2018 as in the same period of 2017. Output …

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