See how the length of payment periods to subcontractors has remained constant throughout recession

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Source: NSCC state of trade surveys. NSCC members are asked the average time they wait for an interim payment. Quarterly data collected by NSCC has been grouped into annual averages by ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ

The length of payment periods to subcontractors has remained constant throughout recession, despite government-led initiatives designed to help. The figures come from from the National Specialists Contractors Council as part of its quarterly state of trade surveys.