[robertphil]

i was pretty much all residential .  recently ,after bein asked, i dipped my toes into commercial by subbing a superstore  and other shops. i got the price of the jobs increased in writing a tad before i took em on
 but its gone passed the 30 day period of paying and no money has been paid .
   how dyou deal with it,you guys that do this kind of work.  does it generally drag on to 60 days before they cough up ?  

 part of me is thinking of  walking before i get in deeper as i sense im going to be offered more work  or even considering soaping up the whole darn lot of em and walking

im not the sort who makes phone call after phone call pleading  for the money tho i do have wages to pay etc

[deeege]

Patience. The first payment often takes longer whilst your details find the way onto the system. 60 days + is very standard, annoying at first but soon you'll be getting paid EVERY 30 days (just maybe not ON 30 days).

[PoleKing]

+1
Wait it out.
It'll come (usually)
You'll always be a bit more uncertain though IME

[jimiwindows]

Patience you will get paid.

[bobplum]

why have the stress and uncertainty

[David Kent @ KentKleen]

What time scale for payment was on the contract? If they run over that time BY LAW you can start charging 8% interest.
Not a lot of people know that 

[David Kent @ KentKleen]

https://www.gov.uk/late-commercial-payments-interest-debt-recovery/charging-interest-commercial-debt

[robertphil]

What time scale for payment was on the contract? If they run over that time BY LAW you can start charging 8% interest.
Not a lot of people know that  

30 days . this was their terms .  for me to start takin on big shop small shops was a leap of faith,iv no idea what the track record is of the London boys who im subbing off . i know they were desperate to get someone in as whoever was doin it left them suddenly (a john selsey-richardson ,who iv not found who that is)

 to be fair theyve written to me upping the price of one shop by 2.50  as the upstairs windows  now included.
 All i know is that my team of 4 have been workin this little corner of their empire over 2 months now and havent had a penny
  

[Elfyn]

Simply ring them up and explain your situation. I'm sure they will sort it out.

[Crystal-clear]

why have the stress and uncertainty

Yep
I prefer setting out the rules payment To be provided on the day via cheque or if its an expensive job I don't feel 50% up front is being harsh once they do that then ill be pushing standing orders and discounting the next clean if they sign up along with sending out an Anual invoice its far better to have the controll I have just had a commercial pay 50% up front it's much better this way then to wait 60 days and wonder what's going to happen I know not everyone will agree with this but hey

[Barry W]

You can impose fines as well as charging interest. You do not need to have payment details outlined either, you would have put a due date on your invoice, read the links below and there is also a calculator to work out the intrest.
 
Don't be afraid of bigger companies as they would charge you if the other way around and they will drop you like a stone when they see fit, your running a business not a charity.

http://payontime.co.uk/late-payment-legislation-interest-calculators

http://www.paylate.co.uk/

http://late-payment-law.co.uk/calculator.html

[Dean Taberner]

Is it ARL?

[robertphil]

i got paid today ! yahey a relief.     so only about 3 weeks past the 30 day deadline

and it is Arl