Councils too slow at bill payment; GOVERNMENT.SCROOGE councils in Northern Ireland Northern Ireland: see Ireland, Northern. Northern Ireland Part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland occupying the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland. Area: 5,461 sq mi (14,144 sq km). Population (2001): 1,685,267. are slower at paying their bills than local authorities elsewhere in the UK, it has been revealed. Research carried out by the Forum of Private Business - a lobbying group for small businesses - found that bills elsewhere in the UK are paid within an average of 19 days but payment times almost double for Northern Ireland with the average bill settled 37 days later. Just last year, central Government issued a recommendation to all councils to pay their suppliers and contractors within 10 days. However, with Belfast City Council Belfast City Council is the city council for Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is the largest local council, serving the largest city in Northern Ireland and had an estimated population of in . It is the central council for the Belfast Metropolitan Area which has a population of c. admitting to paying its bills on average 56 days after invoicing it appears the advice has not yet taken hold on this side of the Irish Sea Irish Sea, arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.40,000 sq mi (103,600 sq km), 130 mi (209 km) long and up to c.140 mi (230 km) wide, lying between Ireland and Great Britain. It is connected with the Atlantic by the North Channel and (on the south) by St. George's Channel. . |
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