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Bolton-based construction adviser, The Vinden Partnership (TVP), has been named Construction Firm of the Year in the Lancashire Business View Red Rose Awards, established to recognise successful and innovative companies from the region.

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It is amazing how many insolvent businesses end up with significant unpaid VAT and PAYE arrears by the time Administrators are finally appointed...

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I talk a lot with my fellow mediators. We share experiences, good and bad. Give each other tips, de-brief one another and generally trade war stories. So I know that it is not uncommon for mediators to have to deal with an aggressive party or representative

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The Vinden Partnership are hosting two breakfast seminars on the issue of "Building Defects". The seminars will be held on Tuesday 5 April at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham, and Tuesday 12 April at Pride Park Stadium in Derby.

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There are very few UK construction projects that start and finish on time. The majority are complex and have to rely on a successful interaction of a significant number of factors if completion is to be achieved by an agreed date. Many simply do not.

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The Vinden Partnership has been shortlisted for a 2011 Red Rose Award.

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Exciting news! We are opening a new office in Central London. Click here to read the full press release.

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Click for a free download of Peter Vinden's paper addressing the impact of corporate insolvency on insolvent parties wishing to take advantage of rights laid down by The Housing Grants and Construction Regeneration Act 1996.

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If you have ever purchased a new house it is highly likely that it came with a building warranty provided by the NHBC, Zurich or similar organisation. The Council of Mortgage Lenders makes clear that they are unwilling to lend money to fund the purchase of a new domestic home unless the homes come with such a warranty.

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"Pay when paid" clauses are supposed to be a concept of a bygone era. Main Contractors would seek to justify their inclusion in a sub-contract by arguing that it should not be the guarantor of payments that are due to pass from an Employer through to the Main Contractor before onward payment to its Sub-Contractors.

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"Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In" is a best-selling 1981 non-fiction book written by Roger Fisher and William L. Ury...

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It is very tempting for a party to a construction contract to seek to amend the clauses of a standard form of contract in order to shift the commercial balance of the agreement in its favour. Tolent Construction, who by the way is not alone, did just this in its amendments to the Construction Industry Council Model Adjudication Procedure which Tolent incorporated into its "non-standard" standard sub-contract (if you see what I mean) when it introduced the following amendments to clauses 28 and 29 of the CIC rules to read...

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Although I’m reluctant to admit it, I have been advising Contractors and Sub-Contractors on buying insurance for over twenty five years. It is a frustrating business and, quite frankly, a thankless task. No wonder I feel so old!

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The Scheme for Construction Contracts (England and Wales) Regulations 1998 makes clear that an Adjudicator can only deal with one dispute at any one time. Of course, it is open to the parties to agree differently but it is a rare occurrence when parties actually co-operate with each other, let alone the Adjudicator, in an adjudication.

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TVP have recently invested in aerial mast technology enabling us to carry out detailed roof inspections from ground level. The aerial mast can be manually extended to heights ranging from 2 metres up to 15 metres and the design of the mast allows erection on any surface or gradient regardless of ground conditions.

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We are told by experts that the first green shoots of economic recovery have started to appear.

It is a well-known fact that more companies go bust coming out of a recession than during the depths of a recession. Overtrading and lack of bank funding will inevitably cause companies to fail. Contractors and Specialist Sub-Contractors are no exception.

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In addition to our new website, we have completely redesigned our corporate brochures to provide a more user-friendly summary of the services we can provide.

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The Vinden Partnership (TVP), a leading North West property consultancy, has launched Vindemnity a unique insurance product for the construction industry following the appointment of Steve Padley.

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Peter Vinden, Managing Director of construction project management company, The Vinden Partnership, said...

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As I look through my window on a wet October day in 2009, my thoughts turn to those Contractors and Sub-Contractors for whom holidays are well and truly over - and I am not talking about the bucket and spade variety!

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