Balfour and Kier still taking 50 days or more to settle up

By Jamie Harris and Jordan Marshall2019-02-01T13:43:00

Building’s table of biggest firms shows who’s improving and who’s not

The country’s two biggest contractors are still taking at least 50 days to settle their bills, new government data has revealed.

The first set of comprehensive data on how quickly firms pay their bills was released last summer and showed Balfour Beatty and Kier topped the slowest payers list among the 10 biggest contractors and housebuilders in the country at 54 days.

Balfour Beatty has now cut this to 50 days with Kier slicing just two days off the time it takes to settle up.

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