Approx. 35% of SMEs struggle with delayed payments by contractors

Nearly 35 percent of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises struggle with the problem of invoices overdue by more than 60 days, according to a survey of the SME sector carried out for BIG InfoMonitor. This is the same as a quarter earlier, but less than at the turn of the year, when problems with heavily delayed settlements were reported by approx. 40 percent of SMEs.

In recent months, settlements between companies that sell with deferred payment terms have not improved, although the…