First Site podcast | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:10:15 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0 https://emap-romulus-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/07/favicon-cn192-70x70.png First Site podcast | Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 32 32 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/wp-content/themes/mbm-mops-2017/images/logo.gif Construction News https://www.constructionnews.co.uk 125 75 Read UK Construction Industry News, Analysis, Opinion and data Government needs to legislate on retentions, says Mace CEO https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/contractors/mace/government-needs-to-legislate-on-retentions-says-mace-ceo-20-06-2024/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 10:09:17 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=501098 Mace chief executive Mark Reynolds has said government intervention is needed to get rid of retentions as there is not enough support for the measure in industry.  Speaking on Construction News’s First Site podcast, the co-chair of the Construction Leadership Council (CLC) acknowledged that his…

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]]> Specialists call for protection as pay times lengthen https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/financial/specialists-call-for-protection-as-pay-times-lengthen-16-11-2023/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 11:23:56 +0000 https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/?p=489750 The problem of late payment is worsening but project bank accounts (PBAs) promise a sunnier future for subcontractors, industry insiders have told Construction News. Speaking in the latest edition of the CN First Site podcast, Roni Savage, managing director at geoengineering specialist Jomas Associates, warned:…

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