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The hunt is now on for a small business commissioner to address the fact that, as the advert acknowledges, late payment hampers investment, holds back growth and, in the worst cases, can bankrupt businesses entirely. The successful candidate is likely to be based in Birmingham. A staggering 26bn is owed by larger businesses to small firms in the private sector. Late payments cause 50,000 businesses to go bust every year, at an annual cost to the economy of roughly 2.5bn, according to the Federation of Small Businesses . Of the 47% of small firms hit by late payment, the average wait is 72 days for their larger clients to settle invoices. Many smaller firms have told me that if they chase payment too hard, they are told they will lose the account. For smaller firms, the loss of a key client is often the difference between survival and bankruptcy. Government initiatives such as the prompt payment code can have little effect when, of the 1800+ signatories, only around 300 are large businesses. The duty to report on payment practices (pdf) was also intended to be introduced in April 2016, but will not be implemented until this April.

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In 2014, the coupon consolidation app SnapSaves that Cronin had played a major role in building and marketing was sold to Groupon. Cronin helped merge Snap into Groupon and took over sales for the account. A year and a half later, he left to figure out his next big business venture. I thought having a big apartment and fancy dinners would make me feel good, but it really didnt, Cronin said of life after leaving Groupon. Instead, traveling is what made him feel fulfilled. Its too easy to stop learning, he said. Traveling made me feel like I was growing and helped me take in as much information as possible so I wasnt restricting myself to just one corner of the world. This realization ultimately transformed into ธุรกิจขายตรง Remote Way. Cronin discusses business ideas weekly with Romanow, who he views as an important mentor, he said. Wed talked about thousands of business ideas, and we decided to pursue this one because wed both seen so many people out there working remotely already, Cronin said.

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He was expelled last week along with LPNI activist, Adam Gannon, who had been campaigning for him. Labour said it is against the rules to be a member of another political party. Consultation Mr O'Cofaigh is a former Sinn Fein councillor who also stood as a candidate for the Socialist Party in 2011, before joining the Labour Party last year. He told the BBC he had wanted to run on a Labour Party NI ticket this year, but due to party rules, he could not. People in Northern Ireland have ธุรกิจขายตรง been allowed to join the Labour Party since 2003 - but it does not allow candidates to stand in Northern Ireland elections. However, the party has begun a consultation process to consider whether they should contest Northern Ireland elections, according to BBC News NI political correspondent, Stephen Walker. He reported that Labour is to discuss the issue with a series of groups over the coming weeks, including the Northern Ireland Constituency Labour Party, affiliated trade unions, the Irish Labour Party, the Co-operative Party and the SDLP. Last year, eight candidates defied the party's hierarchy and ran under the banner 'Northern Ireland Labour Representation Committee' (NILRC). Mr O'Cofaigh said he approached Cross-Community Labour Alternative, who then allowed him to run as a candidate under their party banner in March's election. 'Auto-excluded' Under section 2 of the Labour Party membership rules , it states: "A member of the party who joins and/or supports a political organisation other than an official Labour group or other unit of the party...