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Chamber survey: two in five SMEs report 45-day invoice lags from large buyers

By Shanika Fernando

May 11, 2026 8:59 AM GMT+0 Updated 6 h ago

May 11 (TheLedger) - The Federation of Chambers surveyed 412 SMEs across Western and Southern provinces and found 41% routinely wait more than forty-five days on invoices from large private buyers.

Authors propose a voluntary thirty-day settlement badge for state-linked firms — no enforcement yet, only reputational signalling.

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