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Payment terms exceeding 30 days from when an invoice is issued should be illegal

Closed 34 signatures

What the petition asks

I am the director of a small electrical contracting company. It is about time something was done about the big company's who think it is acceptable to make smaller companies, especially in construction, wait ridiculous amounts of time for payment. Small businesses regularly go bust due to this.
All company's from bottom of the pile to the top should be legally required to pay no later than 30 days from invoice

Timeline

23 Jan 2017 Petition opened for signatures
2 May 2017 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 34
Status Closed
Opened 23 Jan 2017
Closed 2 May 2017

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.