New and proposed legislation: State of play table 239

This table, prepared by Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, provides a regularly amended guide to new and proposed legislation that will affect the construction industry. In addition to EU Directives and UK legislation, the table includes notes highlighting discussion papers issued by both government and non-government organisations, and commentary on the latest developments.

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Government continues to consider policy issues on how to improve industry payment practices

On 5 December 2018, the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS) published its Fifteenth Report of Session 2017–2019 on small businesses and productivity in which it explored cash flow challenges faced by SMEs.

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Legal terms explained – What is acceleration?

The term acceleration refers to action taken to speed up the progress of works so they will be completed earlier than planned or so that more work can be completed without extending the original completion date.

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News in Brief – May 2019

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating three major suppliers of groundworks products to the construction industry after one of the firms blew the whistle over cartel activity.

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Capital solution for fair payments

All government’s key suppliers, including Tier One contractors, are among 10,000 companies that have been sent letters warning them to sort out their payments practices or risk being banned from tendering for public sector work until they do.

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Major contractors suspended from Prompt Payment Code

Seventeen businesses have been removed or suspended from the Government’s Prompt Payment Code (PPC) for failing to pay their suppliers on time, including a number of major construction and engineering contractors.

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Directors disqualified over construction products cartel

Two former directors of pre-cast concrete drainage products supplier CPM Group have been disqualified after the company admitted to breaching competition law.

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Health and safety fines rise following new guideline

Fines for large organisations sentenced for health and safety offences have increased following the introduction of new sentencing guidelines, according to analysis published by the Sentencing Council.

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Survey shows scale of UK procurement fraud

Procurement fraud is widespread in the UK and businesses are struggling to tackle the problem using out-dated manual controls and rules based software detection, new research from analytics firm SAS indicates.

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Roll out of new pre-qualification system begins

Launch of the first phase of a new pre-qualification (PQ) system for construction sector procurements has been announced by trade bodies Build UK and the Civil Engineering Contractors Association.

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