News

Good Business Pays research finds nearly a third of Local Authorities pay more than 10% of invoices late

2 months ago

5 pay more than 50% late and 73 do not measure late payment. Local Authority Trading Companies demonstrate far worse payment performance. For example, Norfolk County Council reports paying 96% of…

Good Business Pays calls for transparency as new report shows late payments may be early warning sign of financial problems

Press release

3 months ago

Campaigning organisation Good Business Pays is calling for greater transparency of company payment performance for investors and company directors, as it released a report that unmasks the shocking payment culture…

New Business Magazine

In The News

4 months ago

An article by our Founder and CEO Terry Corby in the latest edition of New Business Magazine is here.

Natalie Orringe appointed as Non-Executive Director

Press release

5 months ago

Small business champion Good Business Pays today announced the appointment of Natalie Orringe as Non-Executive Director. Natalie is an award-winning senior leader with a career spanning public, private and the…

Good Business Pays appoints Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, The Black Farmer, as Non-Executive Director

Press release

6 months ago

Good Business Pays today announced the appointment of Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones MBE as Non-Executive Director. Founded in 2021, Good Business Pays campaigns to encourage large businesses to adopt fast payment processes.…

Good Business Pays appoints former Small Business Commissioner Philip King as Non-Executive Director

Press release

7 months ago

Good Business Pays today announced the appointment of Philip King as Non-Executive Director. In a career spanning more than 40 years Philip King relentlessly championed the cause of small businesses…

In The News

Campaign update

7 months ago

There has been very encouraging momentum in the movement to tackle the scourge of late and slow payments. Alexander von Schirmeister, Managing Director UK & EMEA at Xero, highlighted the…

Businesses Urged To Tackle Late Payments To Help Small Businesses Grow

Supporters

8 months ago

Mastercard pledges further support for small businesses and Good Business Pays Campaign through its Strive UK programme Businesses must tackle late payments to unlock growth for the UK’s small businesses,…

ONLY 5% OF COMPANIES RECEIVE ‘FAST PAYER AWARD’

Press release

10 months ago

Only 5% of the 5,158 UK’s largest companies that report payment terms have qualified for the 2022 award from Good Business Pays.The award recognises big businesses that pay at least…

How do Companies behave when you aren’t looking?

Thought leadership

11 months ago

By Terry Corby, CEO, Good Business Pays CIC Last year, we identified just over 100 companies that were doing a great job at paying their suppliers fast and on time.…

Who Knew That Accounts Payable Was Such An Engaged Community?

Thought leadership

11 months ago

The Landsec Team at the Accounts Payable Association 2022 Conference Last week, we had the privilege of being asked to attend the Accounts Payable Association 2022 Conference in Birmingham. I…

“Shrinkflation” in your shopping basket spells problems for the supply chain

Thought leadership

1 year ago

Examples of “shrinkflation”, in which products reduce in size but stay the same price or even get more expensive, are becoming more familiar in the Food & Beverage as well…

BARCLAYS BANK JOINS GOOD BUSINESS PAYS

Press release

1 year ago

BARCLAYS BANK JOINS GOOD BUSINESS PAYS TO HELP BRITAIN’S SMALL BUSINESSES GET PAID FASTER •Barclays becomes the second of the UK’s “Big Four” banks to sign up to the Good…

Good businesses pay – on time

Thought leadership

2 years ago

Utilities are some of the best payers but now is not the time for complacency

Thought leadership

2 years ago

What percent of invoices paid late is acceptable?

Thought leadership

2 years ago

At Good Business Pays, we are on a crusade to stop small and medium-sized businesses having to wait longer than they should to get their invoices paid. This is a problem that has existed for many years.

Four FTSE companies receive “Fast Payer Award”

Press release

2 years ago

Only four of the UK’s FTSE 350 companies – Michael Page; United Utilities Water; Aviva and Severn Trent Water – have qualified for the new award from Good Business Pays.The…

FTSE 350 companies taking up to 132 days to pay small suppliers

Press release

2 years ago

Well known companies including Tui, Diageo, Coca Cola and Rolls Royce are amongst the slowest in the FTSE 350 to pay their small suppliersCompanies currently take an average of 37…

GoCardless joins Good Business Pays to help Britain’s small companies get paid faster

Press release

2 years ago

GoCardless, a leading fintech in bank-to-bank payments processing over $20 billion in payments each year, has become one of the first companies to sign up to support the Good Business Pays campaign.

Faster payment could unlock an extra £60bn of revenue for British Small Businesses

Press release

2 years ago

New research finds £40bn – £60bn of additional revenue could be unlocked for small businesses if their large customers paid them on receipt of invoices.Instant payment could also help small…

New campaign to end late payment and boost recovery backed by UK business groups and government

Press release

2 years ago

Campaign calls for prompt payment drive to underpin economic recoveryNew online tool gives small businesses information about large company payment performanceSmall Business Minister backs campaign The Good Business Pays campaign has launched…