Press - Articles from The Vinden Partnership http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/ 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. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/tvp%20is%20construction%20firm%20of%20the%20year.htm Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT Exciting news! We are opening a new office in Central London. Click here to read the full press release. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/tvp%20opens%20central%20london%20office.htm Tue, 07 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/christmas%20comes%20early%21.htm Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/pay%20when%20paid%20and%20insolvent%20employers.htm Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT Getting to YES: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In is a best-selling 1981 non-fiction book written by Roger Fisher and William L. Ury... http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/getting%20to%20yes.htm Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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... http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/a%20sting%20in%20the%20tale.htm Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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! http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/all%20that%20glitters....htm Mon, 03 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/adjudication%20and%20multiple%20disputes.htm Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/funerals%2C%20liquidators%20and%20adjudication.htm Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/tvp%20launches%20vindemnity%20insurance%20product.htm Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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! http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/the%20end%20to%20hmrc%20free%20banking%3F.htm Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT If you want to know the meaning of pressure, try negotiating with a hostage taker whose demands are extremely unreasonable and whose motivations are political, racial or based on religious beliefs when a persons life is on the line - then you will really experience what it is to have a difficult conversation! http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/difficult%20conversations%2C%20hostage%20negotiation%20and%20mediation.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT The process of Mediation is one of the most common forms of Alternative Dispute Resolution, or ADR. The Alternative referred to is the alternative to a trial and process leading up to trial. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/what%20is%20mediation%3F.htm Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Given the current economic circumstances it is hardly surprising that Vinden’s Dispute and Corporate Recovery teams are expanding rapidly. Peter Vinden, Vinden’s Managing Director, says this is down to a number of factors. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/sharing%20pain%20and%20gain%20%96%20no%20win%20no%20fee%20adjudication%20services.htm Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT North West Mediator, Peter Vinden, talks about using his hostage negotiation training in mediation. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/difficult%20conversations%2C%20hostage%20negotiation%20and%20mediation%20%2801%29.htm Wed, 08 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has set ambitious targets for the provision of three million new homes by 2020. Sixty percent of these homes are targeted to be built on brownfield land and by 2016 all new homes in England and Wales are to be ‘Zero Carbon’. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/common%20sense%20advice%20for%20house%20builders.htm Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT Quantity surveyors (QS) are facing an increasing need to multitask to beat the recession and keep building their business, according to experts at the Vinden Partnership. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/multitasking%20key%20to%20beating%20recession.htm Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT I recently issued my 100th Adjudicator’s Decision. Whilst this may have been a personal landmark, there were no cakes, no candles or any other celebrations for that matter. Just a little bit of quiet reflection and an intake of breath before diving into the next case in line. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/adjudicators%2C%20jurisdiction%20and%20fees.htm Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT I have heard it said on many occasions that it is never a good thing to “blow one’s own trumpet” but on this occasion, however, I just can’t resist. The reason for lifting my head above the parapets is to announce that those clever boys and girls in our insurance department have just come up with a rather useful new form of insurance policy which could soon be in great demand. http://www.vinden.co.uk/articles/press/latent%20defects%2C%20trumpets%20and%20insurance.htm Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT