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Postal services disruption may hit British SMBs

Snowman in an Edinburgh park

Bacs urges SMBs to reduce their reliance on cheques

22 Dec 2010

Red flags around payment

David Taylor is chairman and chief executive of OnGuard

David Taylor gives his take on spotting customers in financial difficulty

16 Dec 2010

Late payments improve in IT sector

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Firms in IT sector have made a vast improvement in time it takes to settle bills, says Experian

05 Nov 2010

Accounting for SaaS

Steljes and Syscap launch reseller flexi-pay

SMEs fight late payments head on

The number of firms affected by late payments has dropped, but they are owed more

21 Sep 2010

Time to pay for channel

Tech sector one of hardest hit by decline in tax deferral agreements under government scheme

13 Sep 2010

Late payments ease in Q2

Experian research reveals IT firms are settling bills much earlier this year

03 Aug 2010

Late payments mushroom in H1 2010

Culprits are being given more time to pay, but more firms are paying up late, Lovetts claims

14 Jul 2010

Sub-contractors missing out on prompt payments

Ten-day government payment policy is not filtering down the supply chain, a business group has asserted

12 Jul 2010

Dell fingered over UK payment terms

Forum of Private Business enters Dell into Hall of Shame after vendor increases payment terms for UK suppliers

28 Jun 2010

Late payments improving, Experian claims

Average time to settle bills has dropped to 20.93 days, market watcher claims

23 Apr 2010

IT sector knocks late payments on the head

UK firms taking less time to settle invoices, with the IT sector showing the most signs of improvement

26 Nov 2009

FPB launches attack on 'phoenix' practice

Trade body lobbies for tougher laws on rogue directors who create phoenix companies out of a business failure

13 Nov 2009

Late payments leave SMEs billions out of pocket

Average amount owed to UK firms has fallen, but the number of companies reporting late payment woes has increased

29 Sep 2009

Late payments improve in August

Experian figures reveal the time it takes companies to settle bills beyond agreed terms shrank last month

25 Sep 2009

Firms toughen up on late payments

UK companies are chasing payments an average of 39 days earlier than in 2008, law firm claims

20 Apr 2009

Late payment woes hit SMEs

UK SMEs owed more than £25bn after late payments shoot up by almost two fifths, claims Bacs research

27 Mar 2009

Prompt Payment Code launched to support SMEs

Suppliers urged to follow new code on business-to-business bills

10 Dec 2008

SME late payments deal to be struck

Summit to take place today to lay down code for prompt payments

10 Dec 2008

Pay up on time, FPB urges government

Private business mouthpiece has urged the government to lead in countering cashflow choke effect

18 Sep 2008

CRN Partner Connect 2012

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CRN's premier networking event is back on 17 May at the Ricoh Arena

Date: Thu 17 May 2012

CRN Fight Night 2012

One of the fights from CRN Fight Night 2010

Channel fighters preparing to square up once more on 24 May

Date: Thu 24 May 2012

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