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Small Business Protections (Late Payments) Bill

The King's Speech 2026 bill to tackle late payments to small businesses and the self-employed, including stronger legal protections and enforcement against poor payment practices.

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24 Mar 2026 | Guidance Cabinet Office linked direct

Small and Medium Business Hub

Why linked: 2026-03-24 Small and Medium Business Hub guidance on government commitment to prompt payment - relevant guidance on payment practices implementation

Centralised guidance for SMEs and departments on government’s commitment to support start-ups and small businesses via government procurement, and commit to paying them on time.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK
30 Dec 2025 | Guidance Department for Business and Trade linked direct

Business payment practices and performance: directors' reporting requirements

Why linked: December 2025 directors'-reporting guidance — operationalises the directors'-report payment data requirement that the Bill's board-level scrutiny duty layers onto.

Guidance on the statutory requirement for companies to include payment data headline statistics in their directors’ reports.

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Guidance to reporting on payment data in direct…
2 Sep 2025 | Guidance Department for Business and Trade linked direct

Business payment practices and performance: reporting requirements

Why linked: September 2025 reporting requirements guidance — operationalises the duty under SBEE Act 2015 s.3 and 2017 Regulations that the Bill leverages for SBC compliance checks and persistent-late-payer identification.

Guidance on the statutory reporting duty for companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs).

▤ View document · ↗ GOV.UK · ↓ Duty to report: guidance to reporting on paymen…