I-Heathrow inomlando omude wokweseka nokuthuthukisa ama-SME aseBrithani ngokusebenzisa izinhlelo ezifana ne-PPC kanye nohlelo lwayo Lwengqungquthela Yebhizinisi olubukeka lukhulisa inani lezinkampani ezingaphandle kwaseLondon ezisebenza ochungechungeni lokuhlinzekwa kwempahla esikhumulweni sezindiza. Uhulumeni usanda kugxeka amabhizinisi amaningana, ikakhulukazi embonini yezokwakha, ngokwephula imigomo ye-PPC futhi uHeathrow uthemba ukuthi ukuzibophezela kwakhe kabusha namuhla kuzogqugquzela amanye amabhizinisi ukuthi enze okufanele ama-SME aseBrithani.
I-London Heathrow icela izinkampani ezinkulu zase-UK ukuthi zizibophezele ekukhokheleni abahlinzeki ngesikhathi ngokujoyina isikhumulo sezindiza ekuzinikeleni kabusha kuKhodi Yokukhokha Esheshayo.
Emenyezelwe eceleni kweBusiness Summit yesikhumulo sezindiza eBirmingham, iChief Executive ye-Heathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye uthe isikhumulo sezindiza sizoqhubeka nokuhlonipha i-Prompt Payment Code (PPC) esikhathini esizayo. Ukwesekwa kwesikhumulo sezindiza kanye nesivumelwano esisha soxhaso se-PPC kuphawula ukuthuthukiswa okuphawulekayo kuma-SME angu-1,400 nabahlinzeki kulo lonke uchungechunge lokuhlinzeka ngempahla ye-Heathrow abazoba nesiqiniseko sokuthi bazoqhubeka nokukhokhelwa ngesikhathi ngezinsizakalo abazenzayo.
Ingqungquthela Yebhizinisi Yase-Birmingham yanamuhla iyithuba lamabhizinisi ahamba phambili nagqama kakhulu asuka eMidlands ukuxhumana nabaphakeli abakhulu be-Heathrow abangu-20, okuhlanganisa abafana noFujitsu, Jacobs, Balfour Beatty kanye noCapgemini. Ilinganiselwa ku-£93.4 wezigidi zamadili amasha azuzwe amabhizinisi ngenxa yobudlelwano obakhiwe kuBusiness Summits obubanjelwe emcimbini omkhulu ka-Heathrow nase-UK yonkana. Umcimbi wase-Birmingham uyisitobhi sokugcina ohambweni lwesifunda se-UK Business Summit yesikhumulo sezindiza, ngaphambi kweNgqungquthela Yebhizinisi eyi-Heathrow esikhumulweni sezindiza ngenyanga ezayo.
Lokhu kuzibophezela okuvuselelwe kuma-SME kuza njengoba isikhumulo sezindiza siqhubeka nokukhuthaza ukunwetshwa. Uma kukhulunywa ngokuletha umzila wezindiza wesithathu waseBrithani, iHeathrow ihlela ukubeka amabhizinisi amancane naphakathi nendawo emnyombweni wephrojekthi yengqalasizinda yaseBrithani eguqula kakhulu. Njengamanje isikhumulo sezindiza sisemkhankasweni wokumisa izizinda ezine zezokuthutha ukuze sithole amakhono nezinsiza esizidingayo ukuze sandise emabhizinisini kulo lonke elase-UK. Isigaba esilandelayo senqubo yokukhetha kuzoba uhlu lwemibuzo lwangaphambi kweziqu (PQQ) oluzovulwa ekwindla kulo nyaka. Uhlu olufushane lwama-Logistics Hub olungaba khona luzomenyezelwa ekuqaleni kuka-2019, ngaphambi kokuthi iziza ezine zokugcina zimenyezelwe ngokuhamba kwesikhathi onyakeni, kanti ukwakhiwa kuzoqala kulezi zindawo ngo-2021.
Isikhulu esiphezulu kwaHeathrow uJohn Holland-Kaye, uthe:
“Amabhizinisi aqinile kumele aseke ama-SME, angumgogodla womnotho wethu. Siyaziqhenya ngokuzibophezela kuKhodi Yokukhokha Esheshayo, futhi sicele amanye amabhizinisi ukuthi anikeze isiqinisekiso esifanayo kuma-SME ase-UK njengoba enza izinhlelo zawo ze-Brexit.”
