Commercial & Legal

Self-Employed and Job Retention Scheme changes

The Chancellor has outlined how the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will operate moving forward to allow for employees to return to work part time....

RICS implements low value construction adjudication service for contract disputes

RICS has begun providing a low value construction adjudication service aimed at helping SMEs with a simple and cost-effective procedure that will make solving...

What should specialist contractors consider when faced with coronavirus?

Coronavirus, or COVID-19 as it now being referred to, was just another new virus to go with SARS and Bird Flu. But how wrong...

Cash retentions deprive supply chain of £3.2 billion each year

The Government has published, Retention payments in the construction industry , a consultation on the practice of cash retentions under construction contracts. The...

Minister says retention deposit scheme is one option to tackle cash retentions crisis

The Minister for Business and Industry has confirmed that a retention deposit scheme is one of several policy options are under consideration to tackle the abuse...

Competition and Markets Authority warns contractors to stop cheating

The CMA has issued a warning to businesses with a new campaign, which asks firms if they are...

Cash retentions in construction to be debated at Westminster this week

Cash retentions in the construction industry will feature in a Westminster Hall debate on Thursday 27 February and highlight the risks faced by contractors. The...

Main contractors seeking subcontractors to deliver Midlands developments

National construction companies are set to meet local suppliers at an event aimed at ensuring developments across the Midlands are delivered by trades from...

Specialists need to hound new MPs to support legislation on payment security

Barrister Rudi Klein, the chief executive of SEC Group, urges all specialist contractors to lobby their newly-elected MPs to support...

Calls for specialists to lobby MPs to support legislations on payment security to protect jobs and skills

Specialist contractors are being asked to lobby their newly-elected MPs to support effective measures on payment security in construction and protect investment in jobs and...