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The UK’s late payment culture threatens 350,000 jobs annually, according to a new report by spend management platform Concur.

The number of agricultural firms facing an above average risk of insolvency in Yorkshire has surged by 7.4%, new figures show.

Construction firms have waited longer for payments during the past year than in previous years, according to new analysis from Funding Options.

The retail sector in the North West of England is facing tough times, as the proportion of outlets facing an increased insolvency risk has surged since June.

Slow internal processes and poor automation practices are two major factors behind the late payment culture that exists in the UK, new research has found.

More than half of engineering services firms have said significant levels of their turnover are locked higher up the supply chain, new research shows.

The UK’s small businesses remained pessimistic over their growth prospects for a third consecutive quarter, new data from WorldFirst shows.

The Freight Transport Association has called for a cut in fuel duty to help tackle rising insolvency levels in the logistics sector.

The Government should consider more corporate insolvency reform in the upcoming budget, according to the Midlands branch of insolvency and restructuring trade body R3.

The Federation of Small Businesses has called on Chancellor Phillip Hammond to help rescue the nation’s small house builders in the upcoming Budget.

Nearly six in ten small business have to chase and re-chase for payments they are owed, according to new research.

Firms across the North East remain optimistic for 2018, despite a rising number of them showing signs of business distress.

The number of orders to ban rogue directors from being involved in business has risen seven-fold, according to the Insolvency Service.

Shops are closing at their slowest rate since 2010, as 14 outlets a day closed their doors in the first six months of this year, new figures show.

The UK’s small businesses are now worth an average of £90,000, a considerable drop from just a year ago, according to new research from Bizdaq.

Business leaders have said there is no easy solution to the UK’s late payments problem, although action is needed as 50,000 firms could be failing annually as a result.

Construction firms entering insolvency have led to more than £700 million of cash retention losses in just three years, the Specialist Engineering Contractors’ Group has claimed.

A growing number of the UK’s small businesses are turning to alternative finance options to support growth, new research has revealed.

The Office of Tax Simplification is set to publish a report that will set out a variety of ways that the current VAT system can be updated and simplified.

Lending conditions remain turbulent and concerns remain over the effect Brexit will have on the lending landscape. However there is a huge amount of competition in the lending market and SME’s now have more options than ever before.

Simon Thomas and Nick O’Reilly, Partners of Moorfields Advisory, were appointed Joint Administrators of Meercat Workboats Limited on 3 November 2017.

Confidence in the manufacturing sector has dropped for the first time since 2016, prompting the Confederation of British Industry to issue a warning.

Personal insolvencies jumped by 11% in the third quarter and are now 8% higher than a year ago, the latest figures from the Insolvency Service show.

Company insolvencies decreased in the third quarter, according to the latest figures from the Insolvency Service, but it doesn’t paint the full picture.