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  1. O

    Non payment and sign off

    Bit of a rant first to explain the situation:- Effing builders again, I knew there was a reason we hardly ever work for them. We've done a few jobs for one particular builder and we were on strict payment terms with him, basically if he didn't pay what was owed on the Friday then we wouldn't be...
  2. I

    How long before chasing payment?

    Maybe I've just been lucky, but I very rarely have an issue with customers paying, the vast majority have paid straight away or within a few days. However I'm still waiting for payment for an emergency call out I attended in early December. Without going into all the details, I got a call at...
  3. caitlin00

    Please advise, Ampy Automation payment meter

    Hi all, not too sure if this is the right place to post, but at a bit of a loss here! i live in a block if flats, and about half an hour ago, heard a pop sound, and then all the electricity went off. I am on the prepayment meter that is shown below, which is handled by a live in caretaker. He...
  4. James

    Payment terms

    What are your preferred payment terms? This is really aimed at people who’re are supplying home owners, not Comercial contracts.
  5. A

    Coronavirus self employed payment

    Anyone else not happy with 80% of profit payments to self employed, as this only covers sub contractors and not a one man band with overheads.
  6. E

    UK Contra charges after non payment

    Hi all. New here, just a question if any one has had a similar experience. Halfway through a small domestic rewire, builder wouldn’t pay so long story short, had to take to court, awarded my way, but builder refused to pay still. Got bailiff involved, builder paid and I haven’t been asked to go...
  7. James

    Can't Pay you Excuses

    I have just been reading and responding to a post all about how to accept payment. It got me thinking about all the reasons why people couldn't pay me as agreed. my standard terms are end of month plus 10 days and probably 60% of my invoices get paid within those terms. 30% under two months...
  8. P

    How do you accept payment?

    Hi there! My name is Pierre, I am new to this forum. I created an account as I am a starting my freelance career as electrician and I am struggling to get paid in time as my clients say bank transfer is a hurdle. They ask me if I could accept cash or take the card, but I don't want to pay any...
  9. T

    Pre payment meter for landlords product search???

    Hi all your favourite poster again. So asked to supply four/five pre-payment meters for landlord in revamp from bedsits to four flats. Large building. So far looked at JSG products which involve a card with various values charged up by the JSG for £5-10-20-50, sell them to the tenants and return...
  10. L

    Pre Payment meter at fault?

    Hi hope someone can give me some advice on what to do I think I'm being overcharged according to my supplier I'm using 6300 KWH a year costing me around £60 a month on electric I have no electric heaters on its all gas no electric shower all i have running is my pc 24/7 and tv on most hours...
  11. N

    Xero Late Payment Research

    On Sky News now Xero are suggesting that recent research they have carried out is stating that three quarters of small business are owed money outside of their payment terms. Well I definitely fall into that 100%. It would be nice for a government to bring in legislation of some kind to stop...
  12. D

    Getting payment out of companies for work done

    I do the books for an electrician. He has four or five lads that are subbies. However he struggles getting paid by companies... constantly, but he needs the work. How do you get them to pay on time ?
  13. S

    Agencies not paying please add

    Hi guys There's a page been setups on Facebook to share names of agencie that don't pay Se connecter à Facebook | Facebook - https://www.------------/groups/132250190680832/
  14. N

    Unpaid Invoices & Paying Suppliers

    Hey Guys, I'm looking for a bit of advice from anyone who may have been in similar situation, at one time or another. I'm a one man band, I've been set up as a limited company since I started in 2015. I had been doing a lot of work for a big contractor at the tail end of last year, I have...
  15. W

    Invoice help!!

    Hey guys... I have just started my own company and I was wondering if anyone could help me on a invoice design. The type of invoice I was thinking of was a letter type... What's best?
  16. Dan

    Which card readers do you use for taking payment?

    Wondering which card readers you guys use for taking payment at the customers door etc. I think some people/banks can take payments via mobile phone and whatnot now can't they? Using the phone number or something?? What sort of charges apply?
  17. I

    Fighting Back Against Late Payment Culture

    I belong to a group of IT specialists, and we would like to build a B2B review website where subcontractors would be able to rate and write extremely high-quality reviews about the main contractors they do business with, with an emphasis on late payment and non-payment. We would like to offer...
  18. S

    Customer not paying advice please

    I have completed work for a letting agency for a few years now. One of my recent jobs I carried out an EICR on a rented property which then failed on a number of inspections also a number of code 3 inspects. I then emailed an estimate to the letting company to then forward on to the landlord...
  19. gutterball

    Quick payment

    Just sitting sending out invoices by email. sent one off 2 mins later email back saying it's been paid online in to my account. Must be a record for the fastest I've ever been paid.
  20. Dan

    ECA to Government: high time to fix payment problems

    Paul Reeve, Director of Business Services at the Electrical Contractors’ Association (ECA), has called on the Government to make solving late payment a key priority when Parliament returns from the summer recess Read the full news article

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