Business Practice Note No. 1: Clarity in fee proposals

This month, our series turns its attention to cash flow. Peter Smith looks at the steps firms can take to ensure that invoices are paid promptly and how to address problems with late payments and debts.

In the second note in this new series, Norman Train offers guidance on areas where the boundaries of the service to be provided by a structural engineer need to be defined in the fee proposal in order to avoid ambiguity.

In the third note in this series, David Shields provides a brief guide to the formation of a professional services contract and the obligations this entails.