Audited Membership the way forward for Ducker & Young

With an experienced management team and robust procedures at the heart of the day-to-day business operation, Ducker & Young decided to go for Audited Membership of the Scaffolding Association to verify those procedures and put themselves in a position to be considered for new tender opportunities.

Jonathan Greer, contracts director at Ducker & Young, said: “The Scaffolding Association Audit gave us a detailed insight into our business and our current strengths and weaknesses, particularly showing us areas where we could improve.

“By being audited with the Scaffolding Association, we have seen access to new markets and opportunities develop quite quickly. The cost of becoming an Audited Member has been more than achieved through new orders and relationships that have opened up as a result of this level of membership.”

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ISNN: 2055-2033 (Print)

Business owners depressed and suicidal due to late payment

An industry-wide survey has shown the impact of late and unfair payment on mental health in construction. Nine out of ten business owners across construction suffer a range of mental health issues due to payment and business pressures, according to a survey run by leading engineering services trade bodies BESA and ECA.

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The new survey, conducted in association with 25 construction trade bodies, including the Scaffolding Association, found that business owners have an array of significant mental health problems due to the pressures of late or unfair payment, including:

• Stress (80%)

• Depression (36%)

• Anxiety and/or panic attacks (40%)

• Extreme anger (38%)

• Insomnia (36%)

• Suicidal feelings (10%)

Of all the respondents, four said they had attempted suicide as a result, while 80% reported a mental health issue. 41% of all respondents said that payment issues had strained their relationship with their partner, with 5% reporting it had caused it to breakdown entirely. The survey supporters are all part of an industry coalition pressing Government to reform the practice of cash retentions in construction. Cash retentions are widely considered to be the most unfair and abused payment practice in the industry.