CIOB calls on next government to tackle late payment culture and create green skills fund

By Olivia Barber2024-05-29T09:40:00

The largest professional body for construction has launched its pre-election manifesto today

The Chartered Institute of Building has cited late payment culture as one of the key challenges facing contractors, many of which are SMEs, and urged the next government to prioritise addressing the issue in the first 100 days after the election.

The professional body has called on any future government to revisit the prompt payment code, which currently only applies to public contracts and is also optional and honour-based.

The manifesto also calls for the creation of a green skills fund to develop a pipeline of workers with green construction skills, including training in retrofit coordination, heat pump installation, and sustainable modern methods of construction (MMC).

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