Accountancy Age interviews Dr Louise Beaumont on the need for action on late payments. 9th August 2019. Earlier this week, the Accountancy Age magazine published an interview with Dr Louise Beaumont on late payments. Dr Louise Beaumont is an independent

Accountants find late payments getting worse not better. 7th August 2019. Accountancy Body Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) which represents 150,000 members,  has found the late payments culture is getting worse not better. Tackle growing late

Costain reinstated to Prompt Payment Code Last month we reported that 18 companies had been suspended from the Prompt Payment Code. This followed the announcement in April that 17 companies had been either removed or suspended from the code. The

More UK firms in ‘significant distress’ 31st July 2019. The number of UK businesses facing ‘significant distress’ has increased, according to a new poll, with 14% of all UK businesses, or 484,000, indicating they were experiencing significant distress at the

Hammond urges ‘radical’ change on late payments. 26th July 2019. Philip Hammond, in one of his last interventions as Chancellor of the Exchequer, advocated for “radical cultural change” to stamp out the toxic business practice of late payments, as SMEs