Small firms ‘accepting’ of late payments, Small Business Commissioner tells MPs

By Jordan Marshall2018-04-26T13:04:00

Paul Uppal

Small businesses have become so used to being paid late that many firms have begun to accept it as normal practice, according to the small business commissioner.

Poor payment practices have become so common for small businesses they have begun to accept them as normal practice, according to the small business commissioner.

Appearing before MPs on the business select committee yesteday, Paul Uppal (pictured) said SMEs were reluctant to complain about bad payers.

He said: “Small businesses take the view, ‘I would rather have a very, very bad commercial relationship than none at all’. And that’s a problem.

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