Professional recovery that protects the relationship.
About Us
Terry Corby CCMI corby@corbyandking.com
Champion of Fair Business Payments
Terry Corby has single-handedly taken on the biggest corporations in the UK, holding them to account on late payments. Following four years of Terry’s campaigning through his not-for-profit organisation Good Business Pays, business behemoths have slashed their average supplier payment times, by up to 50 and even 75 percent. He has been a key contributor to government legislation, including the 2022/23/24 revisions to The Reporting on Payment Practices and Performance Regulations 2017 and the Prompt Payment Code. As Founder and CEO of Good Business Pays, he continues to be seen as the leading campaigner in the UK for fast and fair payment of small businesses in the UK and beyond.
Campaign Leader
A well-versed campaign leader and speaker, Terry speaks passionately and engagingly about the impact of unfair, slow and late payments for SMEs, encouraging supporters from across the business community to campaign for change. Terry regularly appears in the media as well as delivers speeches and chairs panels, leading the charge in bringing late payment problems into the business and government narrative and driving positive change that is benefitting tens of thousands of SMEs across the UK.
Payment Resolution
Terry's experience and profile in the payments sector allows him to understand how to negotiate a payment resolution in a discreet, professional and timely manner for all parties involved. His personal style, working at board-level, allows him to escalate problems, navigating both brand reputation and interpersonal dynamics with ease. His unique network gives him access across boardrooms and government departments.
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Philip King FCICM king@corbyandking.com
Cashflow Consultant
Philip is passionate about small businesses, credit management, and the importance of managing cashflow. He created the ‘Philip King Five-Step Model: Business Survival by Getting Paid’ and has developed and refined it using experience built up over more than four decades. 26 years working in front-line credit management, 14 years as Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management, and eighteen months as the interim Small Business Commissioner for the UK.
Credit Management Leader
Philip has worked closely with successive governments in championing best-practice credit management, supporting initiatives to address late payment, and supporting small business. In his career, he has held senior credit management roles in the high-tech and communication sectors, in distribution and retail, including spells at Olivetti and Vodafone. He was Chief Executive of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management from 2001, leading it to Chartered status in 2015. He also spent eighteen months in the role of the Interim Small Business Commissioner across 2020-2021. He was a founding board-member of the Start-Up Loans Company, a Red Tape Champion for Insolvency, and the first ever lay Chair of the Joint Insolvency Committee.
Speaker & Author
Philip authored the Managing Cashflow Guides (of which there have been over 600,000 downloads) for government and was the architect of the Prompt Payment Code which the CICM administered on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) until its administration was transferred to the Office of the Small Businesss Commissioner in 2020. Philip speaks regularly at global conferences, webinars and podcasts on cashflow, credit management, and the ‘Philip King Five-Step Model: Business Survival by Getting Paid’.
Enhancing Supply Chain Value
Philip relishes working with large businesses who believe in the value of their supply chains, recognise the importance of their smaller suppliers and want them to prosper. At a time when there is increasing scrutiny on the payment performance of large companies through government regulations, and through the work of organisations such as Good Business Pays (of which Philip is a NED), good practice is important for operational and reputational reasons. Philip has supported many larger organisations in the journey to improve their practice by implementing simple but effective steps.
Our Values & Approach
Terry and Philip are committed to resolving large, outstanding payments as quickly and professionally as possible, without the need for adversarial tactics or legal action. We work together on every assignment, bringing our joint and unique networks, reputation, experience, and skills to deliver the best possible outcome for our client.
We work with respect, understanding, and a mediation style approach to every assignment. We work at the highest levels of business, with immediacy and confidence, handling even the most challenging of scenarios with complete professionalism. Our aim is to quickly secure your outstanding debt and wherever possible secure a strong working relationship between you and your client, to allow you both to continue to grow together.