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"More customers are struggling to pay us on time than ever before, often because they're dealing with late payments themselves. At the end of the day, we're a builders' merchant, not a bank." That's how Keith Fryer, Director of Business Development at FORT Builders Merchant, described the pressure now facing suppliers across the construction supply chain. In short: new research from Bibby Financial Services found that 4 in 10 UK SMEs have shortened their own customer payment