Our Vision, Mission and Values
Our Vision
An environment where overdue payments to small businesses are rare, it is usual practice for suppliers to be paid within 30 days or less and extended contractual payment terms and unfair practices are no longer acceptable.
Our Mission
To support small businesses to get paid quickly and on time, to influence larger businesses to reduce payment times to suppliers and work with all businesses to improve the culture of payment practices across the UK.
Values
The The Office of the Small Business Commissioner (OSBC) is a collaborative, honest, supportive and expert organisation and these values run through everything we do.
- Collaborative – We seek to develop positive partnerships with organisations across government, the private and third sectors and to build strong working relationships with, and between, small and large businesses.
- Honest – We are straight with businesses and stakeholders and our activity is evidence led. We are open about how we operate and what our impact is.
- Supportive – We provide a supportive environment for our people to flourish, support small businesses to navigate payment issues and larger businesses to adopt fairer payment practices.
- Expert – We are professional and have the knowledge and skills to support small businesses, drive the policy agenda and change culture.