Build UK Skills Update

CITB Skills and Training Conference, Cardiff – Opportunity to be a speaker CITB are hosting a Skills and Training Conference in Cardiff on 23 January 2025, and all CITB registered employers can register to attend. One of the sessions planned for the day is focused on the future of construction – what the industry will […]

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Improving Payment Performance

The Government has announced new measures to tackle late payment, with the aim of supporting small businesses and “unlocking their barriers to growth”. It plans to ‘step up’ enforcement of the Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations and introduce new legislation requiring large businesses to include this information in their annual reports. The guidance […]

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Reverse VAT Reminder

With businesses across the industry facing significant cashflow pressures due to rising inflation, Reverse VAT may be exacerbating the situation for contractors that generally work for other contractors. Under Reverse VAT, they no longer receive VAT on the services they supply but must still pay VAT to suppliers of plant and materials, which means they […]

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