Commercial & Legal

Solicitors Clarke Willmott have urged construction firms to promote better internal governance and assurance and to take steps to ensure their businesses are more...

The access and scaffolding sector is waking up to changes in VAT invoicing and payments that come into force next month. At...

Since the fire at Grenfell Tower and the interim report, FIS has been working with its members to address the issues of providing clear...

Under the JCT suite of contracts, a Relevant Matter is a matter for which the employer is responsible that materially affects the progress of...

In August, the CBI set out its proposed approach to immigration after Brexit in a report entitled Open and Controlled – A New Approach...

Cost and time overruns are familiar to many in the construction industry, and it’s not uncommon for contractors to have a less-than-perfect view of...

Delay is common in construction projects and the source of many construction disputes. Helen Coxon, a chartered legal executive with Womble Bond Dickinson, looks...

Build UK, the Civil Engineering Contractors Association and the Construction Products Association have come out against supporting the Aldous Bill which is seeking to...

The construction sector is in the grips of a skills shortage which is limiting construction activity and increasing labour costs at the same time....

The second reading of the Aldous Bill, which aims to ring fence retentions in construction that was scheduled to be put before MPs today,...