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Small businesses will benefit from more timely payments under proposed new measures.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Employment Tribunal decision.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Mr Justice Zacaroli and Judge Richards on 15 November 2019.
Speech by the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith MP
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Business Minister Mark Prisk announced a new working group of business representatives would examine issues behind late payment, while the Association…
For the first time large businesses could be fined for failing to pay smaller suppliers on time as part of a robust package of measures unveiled today by Small Business Minister Kelly Tolhurst (Wednesday 19 June).
Lord Young, the Prime Minister’s Enterprise Adviser, publishes Growing your Business: A report on Growing Micro Businesses.
The Government’s biggest suppliers have signed up to a strengthened Prompt Payment Code that will help small businesses to be paid on time.
Banks and Building Societies to reveal how much they lend at local level
Banks will be required to warn people before they slip into overdraft as a result of new rules coming into force today.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Mackie CBE QC and Member O'Neill and Member Burdon on 18 January 2005.
Tuesday 17 October, 12.30pm
The Business Secretary is proposing new measures for greater transparency of company payment practices to help smaller firms get paid on time.
Crown Representative for Small Businesses, Emma Jones, talks about the impact of the Prompt Payment Code for small businesses
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