INTERVIEW THE BIG


By Ged Henderson


DAVE’S INTEREST RATE RISES


Watch out big business, Dave Fishwick has you in his sights. The Lancashire businessman who took on the banks and pay day lenders sees another injustice that needs sorting: late payment and its impact on smaller companies.


It’s just one of the issues that the entrepreneur, campaigner, TV star and subject of a major Netflix film now in production, believes needs fixing - and fast.


Nelson-born Dave, who says the big banks “dislike me with a passion”, is equally passionate on this subject. He says: “It’s tough out there for small businesses.


“I say this to my people. If we owe money to somebody pay them quick, don’t make them wait.


“If they have to wait 30, 60, 90, even 120 days to get paid, a small business can really suffer. Pay them immediately.


“Some of these bigger companies can really help the smaller companies by doing that. If the money is in your account and you’ve got it and you owe it, then pay it.


“If you go to a supermarket, you can’t walk out and say I’ll pay you in three months. ‘I’ll have eaten those beans and those potatoes but I’m giving you 90 days, and then I’ll pay for them’. You’d get arrested.


“The bigger the company the worse they can be in paying. And what happens if the big company goes bust in the meantime, the little company is going to go through no fault of its own. That has to change.


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