Handful of Debenhams Group suppliers 'face late payments'

Debenhams Group has warned a small number of suppliers of late payments despite it securing a new £175m borrowing facility last month.

The company has written to some suppliers of one of its smaller brands telling them it was “running behind on payments” and has asked them to confirm how much stock they could deliver during September without being paid more, according to a company email seen by The Telegraph . The company confirmed the situation to FashionNetwork.com but it's unclear which brand the issue relates to.

The threat of potentially withholding some supplier payments comes just months after the newspaper also revealed that customers were facing delays of up to a month of refunds on returned goods.

At the time, the business admitted that it was paying refunds for items that