Tag: specialist sub-contractors

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 – 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 – Don’t Get Caught Out By The NEC Contract!

NEC Contracts, and more importantly how not to get caught out by them, is the subject of this week’s ‘Wise Up Wednesday’. The NEC contract is not the same as other contracts. …

Wise Up Wednesday: VAT Rule Changes For Subcontractors

VAT Rule Change For Subcontractors Exclusively For Specialist Contractors VAT rule changes for subcontractors. Reminder – VAT Rule Changes Are You Ready? The VAT rule changes have NOT repeat NOT gone away! …

Secure That Information Or It Could Prove Costly!

It’s Wise Up Wednesday and most sites are opening up in one way or another. But, it’s inevitable that if business doesn’t return to pre-lockdown levels, you may have to let some …

Get Through This – And Make A Profit!

It’s Wise Up Wednesday and we want to make you all get through this, and make a profit! Whatever we all think about the coronavirus pandemic, media, government etc., we want to …

Wise Up Wednesday: Please Help – Suicide As A Result Of Coronavirus

It’s with great sadness that this week’s ‘Wise Up Wednesday’ is sharing the Construction News story of a construction worker who lost lost his life because of Coronavirus two weeks ago. “He …

Wise Up Wednesday: Protect Your Business

The Only Certainty… Before you think I am taking sides and making some kind of political statement please think again because nothing could be further from the truth. So, please just read …

Wise Up Wednesday: It’s Too Late…

It’s Too Late… Those very words can make your heart sink, because being “Too Late” can be horrendous. The one that always gets to me, for very personal reasons, is a line …

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