SMEs don’t trust small business commissioner to strengthen business
By Owen Gough on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Small and medium-sized enterprises facing problems such as late payments and disputes with powerful large...
View ArticleInsolvency: government initiatives have failed small businesses
By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Insolvency is making an unwelcome return to the headlines. The number of individuals who were declared insolvent...
View ArticleSmall Business Commissioner Q&A: Paul Uppal talks about late payments
By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Before becoming the Small Business Commissioner, Paul Uppal used to run his own construction business. He knows...
View ArticleSmall Business Commissioner claws back £3.1m over last 6 months
By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs The Small Business Commissioner has clawed back £3.1 million in late payments owed to small businesses by large...
View ArticleLarge businesses could be fined for failing to pay SMEs on time
By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Large businesses could be fined for failing to pay small and medium-sized business suppliers on time, as part of a...
View ArticleEx-small business commissioner blames Whitehall for pushing him out
By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Paul Uppal, the ex-small business commissioner, has blamed Whitehall for pushing him out of a role which, he says,...
View ArticleSmall businesses spend hour and a half each day chasing late payments
By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Small business are currently chasing more than £50bn of late payments, according to research. Digital banking...
View ArticleBig companies must pay small business suppliers within 30 days
By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Large companies will have to settle 95 per cent of invoices from small business suppliers within 30 days from July...
View ArticleBBC journalist Liz Barclay appointed small business commissioner
By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs UPDATED: Campaigning journalist and BBC broadcaster Liz Barclay has been appointed the new small business...
View ArticleLiz Barclay answers your questions about late payment
By Small Business Team on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs Join Small Business Commissioner Liz Barclay for our next Twitter Q&A this Thursday, September 9...
View ArticleLate payments watchdog collects less than £1m in past two years
By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs The late payments watchdog set up to bite companies that are late paying small businesses has clawed back less than...
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