See how the length of payment periods to subcontractors has remained constant throughout recession

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Source: NSCC state of trade surveys. NSCC members are asked the average time they wait for an interim payment. Quarterly data collected by NSCC has been grouped into annual averages by Building

The length of payment periods to subcontractors has remained constant throughout recession, despite government-led initiatives designed to help. The figures come from from the National Specialists Contractors Council as part of its quarterly state of trade surveys.