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CommentHow to force clients to pay more quickly
A quarter of contractors wait over 60 days for payment from clients. Here are the legal routes to prompter payments
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Any which way
As money for schemes is squeezed, clients will opt for lowest price tenders. But contractors will then seek to boost their income through claims and variations, warns Sir Michael Latham
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CommentHansom: The guest list
David Beckham, Annie Lennox and Jay-Z hotfoot it to the Metropole, Mr Bill Ding has an appointment at the magistrates’ court and the communities department invites charges of hypocrisy
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CommentLLPs: You’re not bullet proof
Don’t be fooled by the apparent protection offered by a limited liability partnership - you could still find the family home is at risk if the LLP goes under
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CommentRelationship problems
If an adjudicator has a prior connection with one of the advocates arguing a case, does that constitute ’apparent bias’? Here’s what the court had to say …
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Asbestos: The struggle continues
Companies may think they’re already doing their bit to stay on top of asbestos risks but guidance from the HSE spells out the true seriousness of their responsibilities
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CommentLow carbon agenda: Mixed greens
To a minister in Whitehall, bringing forward regs changes by a year may not seem like much of a leap. But for firms in the real world, it promises massive disruption
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Guess x estimate
Dare I suggest that your article on SAP has the world upside-down (23 July, page 22)?The science world has only the vaguest quantitative measure of global warming and the contribution to it of carbon dioxide; the possible contribution of the UK to making a change in this is swamped by ...
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Commit to low carbon
Given the continuing delays to the Renewable Heating Incentive (16 July, page 13) and the recent announcement of funding cuts for low-carbon technology, we could be forgiven for thinking the government has lost its conviction in the fight against climate change
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Miller Group
I refer to your article “Breaking the shackles” (23 July, page 16), which includes Miller Group in a list of refinanced housebuilders, all of whom, with the exception of Miller Group, are majority owned or controlled by Lloyds Banking Group
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Take our advice
Your leader on the government’s health reforms and clients’ need for solid advice struck a chord with us (16 July, page 3)
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Q+A from the Building forum
Building’s Forum members will offer advice on all sorts of dilemmas
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Wonders & blunders with Greg Lomas
Greg Lomas marvels at 18th-century stone shelters in Italy, but derides a restaurant in south-west Africa
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CommentNationwide joins other indexes to show house prices falling
House prices may be on the slide but there shouldn't be another collapse
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CommentDealing shares in your own firm? These are the rules
Not surprisingly there are some very strict rules for senior managers dealing shares in their own companies
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CommentA break in the clouds for construction's smaller firms
New surveys provide more evidence of a strong second quarter for building firms
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Video: London 2012 venues under construction
Watch Tim Crocker’s stunning film of London’s 2012 Olympic venues
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CommentGreen 2012 expertise in danger of being lost
Government departments must harness the sustainable expertise gained from building the 2012 London Olympics