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Wise Up Wednesday: Watch Out For The Christmas Grinch…
Our Wise Up Wednesday Guides are here to give Specialist Contractors a quick burst of useful information, sometimes quirky, but always designed to help you succeed in your business life, irrespective of your …
Wise Up Wednesday: Is Interserve Next?
Wise Up Wednesday Is Interserve Next? Whatever happens to Interserve in the next few days or weeks, I will say the same thing I said about Carillion in January this year. I …
It’s Wise Up Wednesday: National Stress Awareness Day
It’s Wise Up Wednesday National Stress Awareness Day As you may have seen on breakfast TV or heard on the radio driving in to work, today is National Stress Awareness Day. And …
It’s Wise Up Wednesday: Payment Alarm Bells!
It’s Wise Up Wednesday Payment Alarm Bells! Small and medium sized building firms have sounded the alarm that banks are again withholding funding on projects. The latest survey of over 300 members …
It’s Wise Up Wednesday: Banks Have Cut Lending To Contractors!
It’s Wise Up Wednesday Banks Have Cut Lending To Contractors! Banks have been steadily cutting lending to construction companies over the last six months. Latest figures from the Bank of England show …
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: Subbies Owed £9.2m Won’t Receive A Penny!
The collapse of M&E specialist Vaughan Engineering Ltd has left subcontractors and suppliers holding unpaid bills totaling more than £9m. The firm called in administrators at its three UK offices in March …
Should You Be Issuing Payment Notices?
If you employ Sub-Contractors this week’s blog is for you; it’s about the all important topic of Payment Notices. Is Your Payment Mechanism “Adequate”? Every construction contract (as defined in the Construction Act) must …
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 …
UK Construction Blacklisting Scandal – It’s a Disgrace!
According to reports in today’s construction media Contractors involved in the construction blacklisting scandal have settled claims with another 180 workers. Campaigners claimed the latest payouts totaled “in the region of £15-20 …


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