Costs & Pricing
126 sources in the library on costs & pricing. Each one says what the document covers and what it is good for. Name a source to see which document it is and where to read it. One at a time. Page 4 of 4.
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Construction Industry Training Board
The statutory training levy that sits inside every contractor's overhead and therefore inside every quoted price. Under the 2026 Levy Order the rate is 0.35% of PAYE payroll plus 1.25% of payments to net paid CIS subcontractors. The Small Business Levy Exemption removes the charge entirely where the combined PAYE and net CIS wage bill is under £150,000; the Small Business Levy Reduction gives a 50% discount where that combined bill falls between £150,000 and £499,999. The split rate is why a firm that subcontracts heavily carries a different levy burden from one that employs directly, and why the levy is a meaningful line only above the exemption threshold. Note the asymmetry with the Construction Industry Scheme: CIS is a tax deduction mechanism operated by HMRC, while the CITB levy is a separate industry charge assessed on the same payments.
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NASC
NASC is the UK trade body for access and scaffolding, founded in 1945, with over 950 member contracting firms, suppliers and manufacturers, and describes itself as setting standards and driving safety and compliance across the sector. It publishes the contractual, health and safety, technical and product purchasing guidance notes that HSE points to, including SG4 'Preventing falls in scaffolding operations' (SG4:22 is a free download) and the TG20 design guidance, whose ePortal gained 1.5 metre lifts and returns options in an update announced on 4 September 2026. Useful as the accreditation to look for when comparing scaffolding quotes.
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TrustMark
What a TrustMark registration is actually worth financially, which is the practical difference between it and an unaccredited trader. Under the TrustMark Framework Operating Requirements every Registered Business is expected to provide a minimum of two years of financial protection for completed works in and around the home, covering product warranties and workmanship. The stated purpose is to cover the homeowner if the business ceases trading for any reason, and TrustMark expects the coverage to extend to four things: prepayments such as deposits or other money paid in advance of work, two years post completion of workmanship, rectification of defects or non-compliance with Building Regulations, and major damage or injury through public liability insurance. Cover varies between businesses depending on their financial protection provider, and TrustMark advises obtaining the details of the specific cover from the business before contracting, and satisfying yourself that it covers the particular products or systems being installed.
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Financial Ombudsman Service
Explains the average clause, the mechanism that reduces a payout when a home is insured for less than its rebuild cost, last updated 10 July 2026. States that where a policy contains an average clause the insurer may use it so that the policyholder bears a proportion of any loss or damage if the item was insured for less than its replacement value, and that the insurer applies its own formula. Identifies the two grounds on which the ombudsman upholds such complaints: the insurer tried to apply an average clause that is not actually in the policy, and the insurer applied the average clause without ever having asked the consumer to estimate the full value of the buildings or contents. Also covers complaints where the insurer failed to ask the right question, giving the example of an application asking how much cover do you need when what the insurer wanted was the total value of everything in the home, and where the insurer did not make clear that pre-filled parts of an online form had to be checked for accuracy. Confirms the complaint route requires a formal complaint to the firm first, with the ombudsman available if no final response arrives within eight weeks.
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Prince Surveyors
an RICS, CIOB and RPSA accredited surveying practice on what party wall work costs in London and the home counties: £90 to £250 an hour, with a straightforward single-notice matter often settling between £700 and £1,500 in total, and the final figure turning on how many adjoining owners are involved. It is the second of the two practices the cost book's party wall fee is built from, and the wider of the two ranges
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StoneSet Resin
a resin driveway installer's own customer-facing range for a resin bound driveway in 2026, £60 to £120 and above per square metre. It is the retail counterpart to the trade split published by Advanced Resin Solutions, and the two together are why this rate no longer rests on aggregated quote data alone