Legal What construction should know about the new retentions reporting laws New regulations now force qualifying companies to report on various aspects of how they deal with retentions. Michelle Essen and James Cooper explain.
Legal ‘Our main contractor client is withholding payments. What can we do?’ This month’s contract clinic question comes from a subcontractor with a familiar frustration – not being paid. Peter Vinden looks at the options.
Legal Will a ‘winding-up’ petition force a main contractor to pay up? This month’s contract clinic comes from an aggrieved subcontractor whose main contractor client is refusing to pay invoices. David Birne from Begbies Traynor explains whether a ‘winding-up’ petition is a sensible strategy.
Legal ‘What do we pay a contractor we’ve sacked?’ This month’s contract clinic question is from a client which has booted an underperforming contractor off a project – and wants to know what it should pay them. Aqeel Haque replies.
News Who are the best and worst construction payers? The latest construction payment performance data from Build UK show payment performance is steadily improving among major contractors.
Construction clients are not happy about contractor workmanship. Find out more in the 2026 Construction Management and CIOB client survey.