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 21 August 2023 James Salmon, Operations Director. UK enterprise devotes too much time to satisfying civil servants. Business rates hike could ruin small hospitality businesses. Craft beer boom goes flat.  And more business news that we thought would

Business news 16 August 2023 James Salmon, Operations Director. Inflation cools to 6.8%. Insolvencies fall in July. Mortgage holders may be ‘overly optimistic’ on debt. Attempted fraud up 146%. 440,000 Brits lose millionaire status. Wage increases hit a new high