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Robert Hill of Split Second Imports, the distributor of Ruption bikes, is asking IBDs to be on the lookout for any Ruptions going cheap

The Taipei show was awash with rumours, as per usual. It was also a show where the exhibitors were no longer specifying minimum orders. If you can pay promptly, they'll make it for you. Why? Too many global players on open credit terms either can't pay or take for ever to cough up

A representative from South Lakeland District Council pleaded poverty on today's 1pm news on Radio Four, saying it should be central government which picks up the tab for compensating businesses adversely affected by foot-and-mouth disease. Meacher moved on the issue...

On 25th August last year, bikebiz.co.uk carried a story about a naming and shaming website that companies could search for late payers. Solpre.com has now been suspended due to technical problems but a UK web agency has created a much cleverer tool that creates a bad smell when anybody types an offending non-payers name into a search engine...

On May 5th last year, bikebiz.co.uk ran a story about X-lites cleaning fluid being unique to them and them alone. But reps of companies with rival cleaning fluids prefer not to see it that way...