The first in the new season of our Wait Watchers Show live podcasts. In this episode, presented by Good Business Pays CEO Terry Corby, the show features discussion on the thorny topic of payment culture, hearing from Sam Robinson of EY-Parthenon and Liz Barclay, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Lead for the Institute of Directors. All three share their views on:

• current state of payment culture in the UK
• potential implications for big business of the proposed changes in payment regulations (consultation now over
• Views on what levers of change work well (or not) in driving a change in payment culture

For more information, including company payment data, resources and campaign information, visit goodbusinesspays.com

In episode 8 of The Wait Watchers Show, Good Business Pays Founder & CEO Terry Corby interviews Emma Jones CBE, in her new role as the UK Small Business Commissioner. In this episode, Emma talks about the proposed plans for toughening regulations and reporting around B2B payment practices, new official government research into the effects of late payments on small businesses, and her plans and vision for the next two years as the Commissioner role is given greater powers to fine late-paying companies.

For more information, including company payment data, resources and campaign information, visit goodbusinesspays.com

If you work in finance or procurement in a large company in the UK, or if you are a Director (executive or non-executive) then you you will hopefully be aware that reporting your company payment performance to suppliers is a statutory duty. Reports must be submitted to the Department for Business and Trade every six months.

However, thousands of large companies do not report at all - that amounts to more than a third of companies that should be reporting by law. If they don't, then the company AND its Directors are liable to legal action.

Many Directors and staff will not be aware of this - and in the past six months, the Department for Business and Trade has stepped up its Enforcement Programme to tackle companies that are not compliant.

This episode of The Wait Watchers Show, presented by Terry Corby, Founder of Good Business Pays, explains the UK Government's Enforcement Programme to ensure people are aware of the very active programme the Department for Business and Trade is currently driving and what it could mean for businesses and their Directors if they do not comply with this statutory duty.

For more information, including company payment data, resources and campaign information, visit goodbusinesspays.com