cladosporangium - I do not think it is a good idea for me to name the offenders here. its not the right time for that and besides, there are plenty of service providers in the industry know precisely who it is because they havent been paid for a long time as well. If you PM however, that is a different matter.
cattletruck - I do know where the money is coming from but it is a little more complicated than that. What i would like to know is where the money has gone to. That is the key question here. Thanks for your advice etc, I do not think I will be so badly off and have more than one iron to poke the fire with so hopefully I will be able to look back on this as a bit of 'industry experience'.