Billions owed to small firms & rise in Paramedic stress

Published: Oct. 13, 2013, 2 p.m.

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5 Live Investigates has found that the Prompt Payment Code, a scheme to ensure small companies get paid on time isn't working. With \\xa330 billion owed to small suppliers, former trade minister Lord Digby Jones is among those who thinks the code a failure.

And the programme obtains shocking figures which reveal the stress front line ambulance crews are under.

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