Government 'refusing to take late payment seriously' - Today's small business news roundup

  • By Josh Hall
  • 24 January 2012
Government 'refusing to take late payment seriously' - Today's small business news roundup

Late payment, recession warnings, and rental demand - here's your need-to-know business news roundup.

The government is refusing to take late payment seriously according to a business group.

The coalition’s ‘late payment working group’ has been criticised as little more than a “talking shop”. [Telegraph]

The jobs crisis could tip the UK back into recession according to a new survey.

The Independent Labour Organisation said governments across the country need to create 600 million jobs in the coming decade. [BBC]

Young people on low and middle incomes are being forced into the rented sector according to the Resolution Foundation.

A new report suggests that the proportion of under-35s on low and middle incomes being forced to rent has tripled to 47 per cent since the end of the ‘80s. [Guardian]

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