The issue of poor payment practices has been brought to the political forefront since the collapse of Carillion last year, as anyone familiar with the construction industry well knows. The findings of December’s Business Select Committee inquiry underlined the effect of poor payment practices on small businesses, inhibiting growth and causing companies to fail. This...Read More

Customer refusing to pay for work done? In our years of experience at CRS, we’ve found that contractors often don’t spend enough time negotiating their legal position before signing a contract with a developer, particularly when it comes to the issue of payments and their being withheld and this can lead to customer refusing to pay...Read More