Legislation fails to speed up payments 28 August 2023 – James Salmon Research by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS) shows that rules designed to force large companies to reveal how long they take to pay suppliers have

Business news 28 August 2023 James Salmon, Operations Director. SMEs hit by late payments. Energy Price cap coming down. Interest rate hikes wipe £15bn off UK builders. Rates need to remain high. Small firms call for expansion of PM’s business

Business news 22 August 2023 James Salmon, Operations Director. SMEs could hire 3.5m workers this quarter. Britons urged to ‘pay bills on time’ in HMRC crackdown. Sterling has peaked, to face renewed pressure. Labour: UK growth will be slowest in

Business news 12 August 2023 James Salmon, Operations Director. Minister demands an explanation for withheld payments from Amazon. Economy grows by 0.2% in Q2 . Housing costs a struggle for 4 in 10. Savers pull £80bn out of Britain’s four

Business news 11 August 2023 James Salmon, Operations Director. Mortgage arrears continue to rise. Higher mortgage rates the ‘new normal’. British business lacks ‘credible’ green plans. Stealth tax raids see payments jump 40%. Firms move away from WFH.  And more