Tag: Contracts

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: 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: 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: Subcontractors Write Off £2.8 Billion A Year!

According to a new report by Bibby Financial Services, Subcontractors are writing-off a staggering £2.8 Billion in bad debts every year as non-payment continues to blight construction.   It’s not surprising therefore …

It’s Wise Up Wednesday: And It’s Time your Voices Were Heard!

The failure of Carillion is still attracting the attention of the media, and that is the best opportunity in a very long time for Specialist Contractors to force change. But how can …

Wise Up Wednesday: Be Careful What You Sign!

Whilst there is more to this case than meets the eye (or has been reported), a director’s desperate attempts to keep his sub-contracting business afloat is a salutary lesson for anyone being …

Wise Up Wednesday: Check it… the contract that is

Please, please, please, check it. The contract that is! This weeks’s Wise Up Wednesday is inspired by the fact that time and time again, Specialist Contractors are getting shafted because they haven’t …

Wise Up Wednesday: Why Some Subbies Get Paid And Some Don’t!

Life would be much simpler if you did the work, sent in your application and received your payment in full and on time! But in reality, as a Specialist Subcontractor you will …

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