Choosing a well-known, established retailer isn’t necessarily a guarantee that suppliers will be paid on time – or even that they will get paid what they were promised. As Matalan, New Look and Marks & Spencer get named and shamed for changing their supplier payments, Rebecca Danton explores why so many UK companies get paid late, the devastating effect this can have and how the trend can be reversed.

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