How to check contractor payment performance
A practical guide to checking published payment reports before taking a subcontract, with fictional examples, retention checks and a pre-contract checklist.
Luke Sanders
IT Developer
AAT qualified, Xero certified developer building software to modernise construction payment processes.
A practical guide to checking published payment reports before taking a subcontract, with fictional examples, retention checks and a pre-contract checklist.
Luke Sanders
A practical final account construction checklist for UK subcontractors to protect variations, deductions, retention and close-out cash.
Luke Sanders
Understand the difference between a payment notice and a pay less notice in UK construction, with a worked example and subcontractor checklist.
Luke Sanders
UK construction financial distress is still high. Here is what subcontractors should check now to protect cash flow, payment applications and retention.
Luke Sanders
Explore the August 2026 BuildQS updates for adding live projects to Project Pipeline, refining linked forecasts and showing Pay Less Notices clearly.
Luke Sanders
The Commercial Payments Bill brings a 60-day payment cap, mandatory statutory interest, and a retention ban. Here is what UK subcontractors should do now.
Luke Sanders
Learn how to turn won construction work into an approved Master Valuation Schedule, then use it to prepare the first accurate payment application.
Luke Sanders
Connect QuickBooks Online to BuildQS and turn approved construction payment applications into QuickBooks invoices, with customers, Classes, Locations, retention, DRC VAT and paid status kept in step.
Luke Sanders
Cost, quality and time are the three sides of the iron triangle. Here is what each one means on a construction job, why you cannot maximise all three, and how to choose.
Luke Sanders
See how BuildQS Project Pipeline organises prospective work and turns estimated values, probability and timing into a practical construction revenue forecast.
Luke Sanders
Connect Sage Business Cloud Accounting to BuildQS and turn approved construction payment applications into Sage sales invoices, with retention, deposits and VAT reverse charge handled.
Luke Sanders
How draft, submitted, approved and paid statuses work in BuildQS, including the newer-application lock, revert-to-draft, and the discount snapshot at submission.
Luke Sanders