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Office of the Small Business Commissioner free support for payment disputes

The Office of the Small Business Commissioner offers free, confidential support programme for small businesses across the UK with an unresolved payment dispute with a larger customer. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Office of the Small Business Commissioner

Checked against the official page (smallbusinesscommissioner.gov.uk) on 15 Oct 2026.

Free, confidential help for small UK businesses with an unresolved payment dispute with a larger customer, including unpaid invoices and non-payment queries.

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These details are gathered from public web pages and are not financial advice. Check them with Office of the Small Business Commissioner before you apply.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Open all year

Confirmed on the official page

How much

Not stated

Who can apply

Small businesses based in the UK with an unresolved payment dispute with a larger customer, which they have been unable to resolve, can contact the OSBC.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Small (10 to 49 staff)

Confirmed on the official page

Could your business apply?

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How to apply

Fill out the enquiry form on the Make an enquiry page.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • The page does not give a deadline; it appears to be open with no closing date stated.
  • Business size limit is not stated beyond 'small business'.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (smallbusinesscommissioner.gov.uk) on 15 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 15 Oct 2026. No person has checked it, so confirm the details with Office of the Small Business Commissioner before you apply.

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