Late payments tackled

Small Business Commissioner to target late payersLiz Barclay, the former BBC journalist who will become Small Business Commissioner in June, will lead a Government drive to end the "toxic" blight of late payments to small businesses. She said this will help “take pressure off our phenomenal entrepreneurs", arguing that small businesses have "to be able to turn their attention to their next client and next order rather than chasing up late payments and worrying about their cash flow". Small Business Minister Paul Scully commented: "Having run small businesses for most of my professional life I know just how toxic delayed invoices can be."