Late 支払い(額)s 攻撃する,衝突する three-year high for small 商売/仕事s

  • Small 会社/堅いs are waiting 29 days to be paid by their 顧客s, says Xero
  • Late 支払い(額) times are より悪くするing, with small 会社/堅いs most 影響する/感情d?
  • 産業 leaders are calling on the 政府 to do more to help

Late 支払い(額)s to small 商売/仕事s have 攻撃する,衝突する a three-year high, with 産業 leaders calling on the (ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 and big 商売/仕事s to do more to help.

Small 商売/仕事s waited an 普通の/平均(する) of 29.4 days to be paid by their 顧客s in the three months to September, によれば Xero's 年4回の small 商売/仕事 索引. This was 0.5 days longer than the 普通の/平均(する) across the first half of the year.

In September, small 会社/堅いs were typically paid 7.7 days after the 支払い(額) was 予定.?

This 示すs the highest level in three years and is putting already struggling small 会社/堅いs on the brink.

Adam Cozens (pictured) says late payments will affect cash flow this festive period

Adam Cozens (pictured) says late 支払い(額)s will 影響する/感情 cash flow this festive period

Adam Cozens, co-創立者 of small 商売/仕事 Perky Blenders said: 'As a 卸売 coffee retailer, late 支払い(額)s and broader cash flow 問題/発行するs 意味ありげに 衝撃 how we manage 在庫/株 levels.?

'This really 影響する/感情s our ability to 会合,会う 需要・要求する over busy periods, which is 特に worrying ahead of the festive season, w 女/おっせかい屋 需要・要求する for online gift subscriptions will 頂点(に達する).

'If we are 攻撃する,衝突する by late 支払い(額)s earlier in the year, we can't afford to 本体,大部分/ばら積みの order in October. This hugely 限界s sales and growth during our most important sales period.'

The data shows that September's late 支払い(額) 人物/姿/数字s bring the thee-month 普通の/平均(する) to 7.1 days late, higher than the 6.4 days 報告(する)/憶測d in the first half of 2023.

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Small 会社/堅いs in the 製造業の 部門 have been the worst 影響する/感情d, with 支払い(額)s made 10.1 days late on 普通の/平均(する).

Ben Day, owner of BW Day Metalwork said: 'Late 支払い(額)s 完全に 混乱に陥れる/中断させる my 商売/仕事 and personal life.?

'As a 比較して new 商売/仕事, I don't have a big 貯金 safety 逮捕する and 直面するd 重要な upfront costs when setting up my workshop. So, when a 顧客 doesn't 支払う/賃金 me on time, it has a direct 衝撃 on my personal 財政/金融s.

?I have often had to cover the cost with my personal credit card while waiting for a (弁護士の)依頼人 支払い(額)
商売/仕事 owner Ben Day?

'To 持続する my 関係 with 重要な 供給者s, I have often had to cover the cost with my personal credit card while waiting for a (弁護士の)依頼人 支払い(額). I've also had to ask for grace periods, which makes my 商売/仕事 feel and appear いっそう少なく professional.'

The 鮮明度/定義 of 誘発する 支払い(額) for a small 商売/仕事 供給者s, as per the 誘発する 支払い(額) Code (PPC), is to 支払う/賃金 95 per cent of invoices from small 商売/仕事s with より小数の than 50 従業員s within 30 days.

However, the code is voluntary and 研究 by the 連合 of Small 商売/仕事s (FSB) 設立する that in every 4半期/4分の1 in 2022, most small 商売/仕事s experienced late 支払い(額)s.

The 政府 has 開始する,打ち上げるd a review into 施行するing late 支払い(額) 支配するs, but small 会社/堅いs are routinely 軍隊d to chase 行方不明の cash from 商売/仕事s they 供給(する).

In 返答 to Xero's findings, a spokesperson for the Department for 商売/仕事 and 貿易(する) said: 'Small busi ness want big 商売/仕事 to be more transparent around retentions, as late and 非,不,無-支払い(額)s 原因(となる) 問題/発行するs and direct 供給(する) chains.

'に引き続いて our 協議, we are considering 報告(する)/憶測ing 必要物/必要条件s to help small 商売/仕事s make more 知らせるd 決定/判定勝ち(する)s that will give them the 安定 they need.'

Rushanara Ali MP, 影をつくる/尾行する small 商売/仕事 大臣 told This Is Money:? 'Countless small 商売/仕事s are 存在 held 支援する by a culture that says it's 許容できる to 支払う/賃金 them late.?

'But にもかかわらず years of (選挙などの)運動をするing from small 商売/仕事s, and the first 協議 over eight years ago the Tories have failed to 立法者 to make boards more accountable.

'労働 knows small 商売/仕事s are 決定的な for our economy, that's why we have 始める,決める out how we would 立法者 to 取り組む late 支払い(額)s; 要求するing big 商売/仕事s to 報告(する)/憶測 on their company’s 支払い(額) practices in their 年次の 報告(する)/憶測s.'?

Late payments are pushing small businesses already suffering with rising costs to the brink

Late 支払い(額)s are 押し進めるing small 商売/仕事s already 苦しむing with rising costs t o the brink

Do more to help small 会社/堅いs, say 産業 leaders

The 問題/発行する of 商売/仕事s 存在 paid late has 'spiralled out of 支配(する)/統制する' によれば the 連合 of Small 商売/仕事s (FSB) 貿易(する) 団体/死体, and is stretching 会社/堅いs to their 限界s.

FSB 研究 has 設立する that if late 支払い(額)s had been made on time, 50,000 商売/仕事 終結s could be 避けるd each year.

The (ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 needs to take a strong stand against late 支払い(額)s?
FSB 国家の 議長,司会を務める ツバメ McTague?

国家の 議長,司会を務める ツバメ McTague has called on the 政府 to do more to help small 商売/仕事s with late 支払い(額)s in next month's Autumn 声明.

'告示s in October about 誘発する 支払い(額) 改革(する)s are a step in the 権利 direction,' he said. '要求するing more 詳細(に述べる) to be 供給するd as part of 支払い(額) 業績/成果 is good, but this must be followed up with more 力/強力にするs to 調査/捜査する and 妨げる poor 支払い(額) practices.

'These should be the first steps に向かって 広範囲にわたる 改革(する)s. Get it 権利, and we 打ち明ける a monumental £2.5billion into the economy each year.

'Going その上の, the (ドイツなどの)首相/(大学の)学長 needs to take a strong stand against late 支払い(額)s at the 近づいている Autumn 声明 by making it (疑いを)晴らす that late 支払い(額) will not be 許容するd.

'It's time to send a powerful message to big 商売/仕事s who use small ones to 支え(る) up their cash flow.'

A 最近の ??調査する (売買)手数料,委託(する)/委員会/権限d by the UK's largest accountancy 団体/死体s - the 協会 of Accounting 専門家技術者s and the 協会 of 借り切る/憲章d Certified Accountants - 設立する that MPs want more 力/強力にするs to be 手渡すd to the Small 商売/仕事 Commissioner (SBC).

This 団体/死体 was introduced in 2016 to 取り組む 未払いの invoices, and the 政府 is 現在/一般に reviewing its 役割 and 有効性.

The 現在の commissioner Liz Barclay told This Is Money: 'No 商売/仕事 should be paid late. All 会社/堅いs, and in particular small 会社/堅いs, need certainty about when money will reach their bank account.?

'However, when times are economically difficult 会社/堅いs 保存する cash, either through 申し込む/申し出ing 供給者s longer contractual 支払い(額) 条件 or by 支払う/賃金ing after the 予定 date of invoices.

'These poor 支払い(額) practices are to the detriment of every 商売/仕事 in the 供給(する) chain. 支払う/賃金 quick and don't 推定する/予想する 供給者s to bankroll your 商売/仕事.'

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