Tag: specialist contractor payment

Wise Up Wednesday – How Should Contracts Be Set Up And What To Watch Out For! Part 1.

The Standard JCT Building Sub-Contracts all follow the principle of having separate Articles of Agreement and Terms and Conditions documents. Over time the forms have been revised such as in 2011 to …

Wise Up Wednesday – Don’t Get Angry Get Paid!

If you don’t get paid your business fails. It’s that simple! Ask any insolvency practitioner and they will confirm that lots of otherwise profitable businesses fail because they don’t collect what’s owed …

Wise Up Wednesday: Paying Into A Trade Body? – You Should Be Fuming Right Now!

If you are paying into a Trade Association you might want to ask yourself/them what the benefits are, and my guess is that one of those stated benefits will be “representation at …

Wise Up Wednesday – Technology Changes, Problems Don’t!

Technology Changes, Problems Don’t! As a Specialist Contractor, Trade Contractor, or Subcontractor you are an expert in what you do, whether that’s groundworks or roofing or anything else in between. And if …

It’s Wise Up Wednesday! Payment Law

Construction Industry Payment Law This week’s Wise Up Wednesday Guide for Specialist Contractors is about the all important topic of getting paid. Despite it’s importance, there is is still a good deal …

It’s Wise Up Wednesday: A Veritable Cornucopia For Subcontractors!

This week’s Wise Up Wednesday is as the subject line suggests about a Veritable Cornucopia for Subcontractors, Trade Contractors and Specialist Contractors. A cornucopia, also called the horn of plenty, was a …

It’s Wise Up Wednesday: It’s Not The Fact He’s Gone; It’s What He Said On The Way Out!

When Richard Harrington the Construction Minister resigned on Monday night, his parting shot could have serious implications for your business. Harrington said that “the government’s approach to Brexit is playing roulette with …

It’s Wise Up Wednesday: What A Shambles!

No I’m not talking about Brexit, although of course that is a complete shambles. I’m talking about the Construction Industry! Carillion, Lakehouse, Forrest, Dawnus and now Interserve! Whose next I wonder? And …

It’s 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. Not Getting Paid Properly? If …

Wise Up Wednesday: Please Don’t Get It This wrong!

As a Specialist Contractor, you are sometimes going to get things wrong, but please don’t get it as wrong as Fred [not his real name] did! Now before you start criticising me, …

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