[leee]

hi i am just looking at my first office cleaning job i have agreed a six month contract with them. what i want to know is how would you guys get payment ie all upfront? month by month or at the end of the contract but that is a long time to wait ? any help please

[Robert Parry]

Lee,

99.99% of all commercial cleaning companies bill at month end.

Regards,

Rob

[chosker]

We invoice at the beginning of the month but give 45 for days for paying - invoiced in advance, pay in arrears. Works well.
For the bigger job we invoice in arrears and just have to wait.
While we were starting out we did all invoicing in advance and expected payment by the end of the month

If clients complained (which they didn't tend to) we said that we have to advance the wages to the cleaners and that we were a small company and couldn't afford to do it any other way - they were usually ok.

[*Chris Browne]

We also invoice at the beginning of each month and expect payment within 28 days, also give them the option of paying direct to your account.

Chris

[Mrs Nicholls]

i copied chris and invoice on 1st of month to be paid by last day of the month.

The ones who pay by chq are always on time - sometimes even 2 weeks early!

The ones who pay by bacs pay late the majority of the time.

[chosker]

so rob, 99.99% of companies eh??