Government bids to make builders pay bills on time
28 August 2012
The government has set up a task force to investigate late payment problems in the construction sector.
The Fair Payment Task Force – aimed at tackling widespread payment retention down the supply chain – is chaired by Arnold Butler, the Office of Government Commerce’s director of property and construction best practice.
A spokesman for the OGC said the group would consider how best practice could be better adopted throughout the supply chain on public-sector...