How to navigate the choppy waters between material supplier and customer, as a subcontractor. (EP 112)

This week, Paul is joined by Nicola Barden, Managing Director at BSF Solid Surfaces, a specialist subcontractor specialising in 3D Thermoforming and producing bespoke centrepiece designs since 1998.During today’s show, we talk about inflation and how this has affected Nicola’s business in the past few years. Nicola shares tactics on how she has managed her relationship with her suppliers and then with her clients to ensure that her business best navigated this situation.In this entertaining episode, Nicola also shares her thoughts on retention, payment and how she would improve construction.Your free OTB downloadsAs promised at the top of the show - I’ve shared some links to free downloads on templates and guides we wrote below:Vesting Certificate TemplateEoT TemplateGuide to the JCT Design and Build ContractIf there are other documents, you’d like us to share/produce. Please get in touch with me at [email protected] you struggling with a lack of Quantity Surveyors?A recent RICS Survey found that 54% of main contractors reported insufficient numbers of Quantity Surveyors available in the market, and at C-Link, we completed a survey that found 80% of companies find it challenging to recruit QS at the moment.Are you one of those companies?C-Link is software built by Quantity Surveyors for Main Contractors. We save 600 hours of Quantity Surveying time per project in automation. We can make your QS’ so much more efficient.Book a demo to learn more by clicking here.Send us Fan MailWant to connect with Paul?Paul is on Linkedin here and would love to talk. You can also connect with Paul at [email protected] or through, C-Link. C-Link is software built by Quantity Surveyors for Quantity Surveyors. We save 600 hours of Quantity Surveying time per project in automation. We can make your QS’ so much more efficient.Watch the Video to learn more; you can book a demo by clicking here.