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The rules you have to work to
Plain explanations of the UK regulations, deadlines and pricing decisions that decide whether a construction business makes money. Written for contractors, with the statute cited, and useful whether or not you ever buy anything from us.
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Awaab’s Law Phase 2: what changes on 30 November 2026
Nine hazard categories join the clocks, one definition moves, one carve-out arrives, and Scotland starts its own version seven weeks earlier. The dates, the instruments, and what a landlord and its contractors record.
16 September 202610 min Regulatory changeCIS, VAT and MTD in 2026: what changed, and the dates fixed for 2027
One thing changed in April 2026, and it landed on labour-only subcontractors first. Two things people expected to change did not. And the dates for April 2027 are already on the statute book.
16 September 20268 min Regulatory changeCDM, the F10 and the Building Safety Act: where the rules stand in 2026
The F10 thresholds are what they were in 2015. The thing that changed is that a principal contractor in England is now two appointments with one name, and a tall residential building is a different regime altogether.
16 September 20268 minBuilt for the way UK contractors actually work
Estimating, quoting, job management, timesheets, invoicing, CIS and site safety, with an offline field mode that installs to a phone and keeps working with no signal.