Xero: Settle up. Shining a light on the late payment scandal
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Fresh ideas for 21st century justice
Business payment practices and performance: reporting requirements
Changes to UK company law
Research reveals an increase in average payment days for small and medium businesses
Government response to the Amendments to the Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017
ICAEW’s UK Business Confidence Monitor: National
Xero’s United Kingdom Small Business Index
Unlocking untapped potential: LSB launches report on financing for ethnic minority-led businesses
Call for reform to protect and promote small businesses in online marketplaces, as new research is revealed
Government launches review of regulators to cut red tape and bureaucracy
The Late & The Slow Payment Watchlist Autumn 2023 – Good Business Pays
Micro Business Alliance Launch
Time is Money: Late payments ‘stifle’ small businesses, report shows
One in three small businesses will struggle after March, when the energy price cap ends
BEIS small and medium enterprises (SME) action plan: 2022 to 2025
New Year 2023 Business Resolution
Business Secretary launches review to prevent small firms from being ripped off by larger companies
Small Business Commissioner Liz Barclay joined nine Small and Medium Accounting Practices to discuss a range of issues from skills shortages to late payment
“It’s never better late”
Businesses have 6 months remaining to register unresolved historical banking complaints with the Business Banking Resolution Service (BBRS)
Further support for small businesses feeling the squeeze as £4.5 billion Recovery Loan Scheme extended
Small Business Commissioner visits Wales to meet with business groups and call for action to stop poor payment practices
Over a quarter of UK businesses are being hit by more late payments due to the rising cost of living
Spring Statement
Major companies are permanently removed from the Prompt Payment Code for failing to pay their bills on time
TSB launches new BankiFi app to help business customers receive quicker, more convenient payments
Government unveils levelling up plan that will transform UK
HMRC’s small and medium enterprise action plan for 2021 to 2022
Corporate report
Government backs UK entrepreneurs with tech support and software to help them grow
Three in five UK businesses are owed money from late payments, fuelling stress and cash flow problems
UK Finance warns SMEs of increased risk of targeted scams
Managing cashflow is key to business survival and it’s now critical that small suppliers get paid within 30 days, says OSBC
New laws to strengthen national security come into effect
‘Paying quickly has never been more important’ UK Small Business Commissioner Liz Barclay has a seasonal message for large business finance teams
Government levels playing field for SMEs on Small Business Saturday
Big firms called on to help their small suppliers reach net zero
New scheme to give people in problem debt breathing space launched
Liz Barclay named as Small Business Commissioner to lead crackdown on late payments to small businesses
HSBC UK Launches £15BN SME Fund to support businesses to grow again
Government announces £20 million SME Brexit Support Fund
Government tackles late payments to small businesses to protect jobs
Alok Sharma becomes full-time COP26 president and Kwasi Kwarteng is appointed as Secretary of State for Business
£4.6 billion in new lockdown grants to support businesses and protect jobs
Government to protect small businesses with action on late payments
BUPA Insurance Services Ltd take on Commissioner’s recommendations to improve payment practices
£20 million to improve small business leadership and problem-solving skills in the wake of coronavirus
Holland & Barrett improves payment practices during unprecedented times
TJX Europe
Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd and Zurich Insurance PLC take action to improve payment practices following Small Business Commissioner’s report
Coronavirus Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme set to launch
Small businesses boosted by bounce back loans
Poor Payment Practice in the Creative Sectors: Actions for Change
Small Business Commissioner’s appeal to UK big businesses
COVID-19: support for businesses
Chancellor gives support to millions of self-employed individuals
UK industry leaders back Commissioner’s call for business to pay promptly
Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd poor payment practice exposed in Small Business Commissioner report
Government appoints new interim Small Business Commissioner
Ministers and banks to support small and medium businesses (SMEs) to seize Brexit opportunities
Ministers and banks to support small and medium businesses (SMEs) to seize Brexit opportunities
Taking notice of UK Businesses Survey
Broad new measures to ensure small businesses get paid on time
G4S persistent late payment practices revealed in Small Business Commissioner investigation report
Holland & Barrett poor supplier payment practices highlighted in Small Business Commissioner report