• Time Finance CEO Ed Rimmer backed the Small Business Protections Bill as a tougher UK push to curb late payments.
• Rimmer warned legal changes may not shift entrenched payment culture; SMEs may avoid enforcing new rights to protect key customer relationships.
• He flagged a structural working-capital hit to SMEs, citing an estimated GBP 11 billion annual drag on the UK economy.
• Rimmer positioned invoice finance as a near-term tool to unlock cash from unpaid invoices while payment behavior adjusts.
• He urged large companies to treat prompt payment as a core supply-chain priority rather than a compliance exercise.

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