... while improved payment record begins to entice suppliers

摘要

Listed steelwork specialist Billington has said it has more confidence that Kier will settle its bills if it decided to take on extra work for the firm. In its interim results published this week, Billington said it had "limited exposure to the more troubled larger contractors" and later told Building that 90% of its client base was credit insured. When asked about the remaining 10%, Mark Smith, chief executive of Billington, said it was "troubled in so much that Kier are a client".