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doug boardley
not to me it isn't, still getting the rate I used to get pre-recession altho' it's more private work these days whereas it used to be a 50/50 between doing private and subbying to developers.turnip;421593[B said:]unfortunately £10/msq is the going rate right now[/B], (generally i pay more) with twice-monthly or monthly payments as standard. I heard of one TC who will give their fixers twice monthly if they pay £7.50 off the invoice to have it processed quicker. We are in a terrible state right now, if there are fixers out there still earning £200 a day then your lucky.
The days of earning that money are over. For subbies who think that TC's are earning loads out of their fixers, then they are wrong! While the subbies are in the pub moaning about how they cant make money (work a full day then?) I am pricing/estimating/writing cheques/book-keeping etcetc, hmrc clown-show to deal with once a month. Sure, im not doing it for nothing, but dont expect me to do it for free! Then theres the risk, tens of thousands of pounds worth of materials need to be paid for end of month or account is on stop. Builders late in paying (not all but some), the aggro, the snags, the remedials, the dayworks and extras that dont get paid........ I have seen it from both sides, but remember the companies are winning tiling contracts at 25-30% less than they used to, how could wages ever stay the same?