Should the Autumn Statement have been tougher on late payments?
Budget

Should the Autumn Statement have been tougher on late payments?

3m Institute of Financial Account...

Should the Autumn Statement have been tougher on l...

With an Autumn Statement that has received mixed reviews, one aspect that has flown somewhat under the radar is the commitment to public sector paymen...

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Accountants critical to defending SMEs against late payments
Business

Accountants critical to defending SMEs against late payments

1y Sam Alberti

Accountants critical to defending SMEs against lat...

Late payments are costing small businesses £684m per year, research shows Read More...

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New legislation to tackle late payments introduced by Labour peer
Regulation

New legislation to tackle late payments introduced by Labour peer

4y Jeremy Chan

New legislation to tackle late payments introduced...

Legislation aims to deals with late payments “once and for all.” Read More...

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UK SMEs chasing £50bn in late payments
Business

UK SMEs chasing £50bn in late payments

4y Leanna Reeves

UK SMEs chasing £50bn in late payments

SMEs across the UK are chasing more than £50bn of late payments, according to digital business banking platform Tide – highly impacting their cash flo...

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SME waiting time for late payments doubles
Business

SME waiting time for late payments doubles

4y Jeremy Chan

SME waiting time for late payments doubles

UK SMEs are spending more time waiting for late payments this year, but some sectors suffer more than others. Read More...

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UK small businesses waste a week chasing late payments
Business

UK small businesses waste a week chasing late payments

4y Jeremy Chan

UK small businesses waste a week chasing late paym...

SMEs spend 56.4 million hours looking for overdue payments, most of which is done after hours. Read More...

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Podcast: Inside Accountancy Episode 2 - Late payments
Business

Podcast: Inside Accountancy Episode 2 - Late payments

5y Chris Jewers

Podcast: Inside Accountancy Episode 2 - Late payme...

In Episode 2 of Inside Accountancy, Accountancy Age reporter Chris Jewers discusses the issue of late payments with Dr Louise Beaumont. Read More...

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Late payments: The need for action - interview with Dr Louise Beaumont
Brexit & Economy

Late payments: The need for action - interview with Dr Louise Beaumont

5y Chris Jewers

Late payments: The need for action - interview wit...

An estimated 50,000 businesses collapse due to late payments in the UK, but what is being done about it, and what powers do small businesses have to f...

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Late payments on the rise: ICAEW urges No.10 to help
Brexit & Economy

Late payments on the rise: ICAEW urges No.10 to help

5y Chris Jewers

Late payments on the rise: ICAEW urges No.10 to he...

The latest ICAEW Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) saw one in five businesses flag late payments as a challenge, rising to 24% for SMEs, representing ...

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Late payments like "crack cocaine" for large businesses
Business Recovery

Late payments like "crack cocaine" for large businesses

5y Tom Lemmon

Late payments like "crack cocaine" for large busin...

Large corporations are relying on late payments and governments must better understand the scale of the problem, says Duncan Swift, new president of R...

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The impact of late payments on SMEs
Business

The impact of late payments on SMEs

5y Emanuela Hawker , Reporter

The impact of late payments on SMEs

Brexit isn’t the only issue smaller businesses need to be worrying about Read More...

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The impact of late payments on small businesses
Accounting Software

The impact of late payments on small businesses

5y Beth McLoughlin

The impact of late payments on small businesses

How accountants can help the 78 percent of small businesses who are owed money at any one time Read More...

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Stamp out late payments
Business Recovery

Stamp out late payments

13y Accountancy Age

Stamp out late payments

Around £24bn is owed to SMEs, but there are ways to keep your late payments under control, says Luisa Grey Read More...

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Government agency faces bonus ban over late payments
Corporate Finance

Government agency faces bonus ban over late payments

13y our parliamentary corresponden...

Government agency faces bonus ban over late paymen...

Commons committee wants Rural Payments Agency to hand over subsisides much more speedily to farmers Read More...

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Late payments improve...just
Business Regulation

Late payments improve...just

13y Gavin Hinks , Writer

Late payments improve...just

Experian figures show that average payments time have marginally improved in the last quarter Read More...

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Late payments cause €300bn write-off
Business Recovery

Late payments cause €300bn write-off

14y David Jetuah , Reporter

Late payments cause €300bn write-off

European companies lose out on amount equivalent to the total debt of Greece because of late payments Read More...

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WS Atkins hit by Middle East late payments
Company News

WS Atkins hit by Middle East late payments

15y Kevin Reed , Writer

WS Atkins hit by Middle East late payments

WS Atkins takes late payments on the chin Read More...

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1.2m businesses affected by late payments: Tenon Recovery
Business Recovery

1.2m businesses affected by late payments: Tenon Recovery

15y Judith Tydd , Writer

1.2m businesses affected by late payments: Tenon R...

Research shows three in five businesses at risk of late payments Read More...

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Government's wrong signal on late payments
Business Recovery

Government's wrong signal on late payments

16y rumo , Writer

Government's wrong signal on late payments

At the weekend, I learned that BERR has completely withdrawn funding support for the website, “payontime.co.uk”, run by the Better Payment...

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Late payments- Are governments leading by example?
Business Recovery

Late payments- Are governments leading by example?

16y rumo , Writer

Late payments- Are governments leading by example?

All this talk in the press about Government being urged to intervene on behalf of small businesses to clean up late payment culture in this country...

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FSB weighs in to late payments row
Company News

FSB weighs in to late payments row

16y David Jetuah , Reporter

FSB weighs in to late payments row

Federation of Small Businesses becomes the latest trade body to slam big companies for stretching out payments to suppliers to even longer times Read ...

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Watchdog to police supermarket late payments
Corporate Finance

Watchdog to police supermarket late payments

16y Accountancy Age

Watchdog to police supermarket late payments

Under provisional decisions handed down by the commission last week, an extended code of practice would be set up and an ombudsman created to police ...

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Late payments: beat the punch
Business Recovery

Late payments: beat the punch

17y Penny Sukhraj , Writer

Late payments: beat the punch

Late payment can be the low blow that floors your business - and ducking the issue won't help. Fight back by taking a strong stance against the threat...

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Late payments cost UK economy £20bn a year
Company News

Late payments cost UK economy £20bn a year

17y David Jetuah , Reporter

Late payments cost UK economy £20bn a year

Companies take more than a week longer to pay invoices than in 1998 when the Late Payment Act was introduced Read More...

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Tackling late payments
Consulting

Tackling late payments

23y Accountancy Age

Tackling late payments

With a few notable exceptions, the pleas of the Better Payment Practice Group this month to get businesses to put their weight behind European Union l...

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Self-employed owed HMRC £1.6bn in late tax payments
HMRC

Self-employed owed HMRC £1.6bn in late tax payments

5y Leanna Reeves

Self-employed owed HMRC £1.6bn in late tax payment...

Data suggests late tax payments are likely to surpass last year’s £1.8bn owed as UK hits record of self-employed individuals. Read More...

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Cash flow problems are "reasonable excuse" for late tax payments – ruling
Corporate Tax

Cash flow problems are "reasonable excuse" for late tax payments – ruling

13y Jaimie Kaffash , Writer

Cash flow problems are "reasonable excuse" for lat...

Tribunal ruled in favour of construction firm that made late payments to HMRC Read More...

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£63bn of payments late last year
Company News

£63bn of payments late last year

14y Paul Grant , Writer

£63bn of payments late last year

Research finds SMEs struggling through having to chase outstanding invoices Read More...

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