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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Michael Hunter

Plague of late payments to small business prompts call for government action

Research finds 94% of small businesses face a ‘cashflow crunch’ where revenue doesn’t cover outgoings

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New research has laid bare the extent to which UK small businesses are suffering from cashflow problems, leading to a call for government action from a leading accountancy software provider.

Xero Small Business Insights and Accenture undertook a study which found the average UK small business faces a “cashflow crunch” -- when monthly revenues are not enough to cover outgoings -- for more than four months of each year.

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