It has emerged that businesses in Co Tipperary are among the slowest in the country to pay other businesses they owe money to.

On average, it took Irish businesses just over 23 days beyond invoice terms to pay their bills in the second quarter of this year.

It has been discovered that the county where businesses were the most prompt at paying their bills was Leitrim at 17 days beyond invoice terms.

Cavan businesses took the longest to pay their bills at 26.84 days.

However, County Tipperary was the sixth slowest county in the country, at 24.58 days.

The survey was carried out by Experian Ireland.

In publishing the findings, the Manager Director at ther global information services company, Fin O'Donnell said that the delays in paying the creditors are improving.

However he also warned Irish businesses that they need to operate with caution and carefully examine their credit policies and procedures to ensure they are only extending credit to those customers that are in a position to pay in a timely manner.

There has been some good news for Tipperary upon the announcement that 20 places are available on a training course with a sales and marketing company that will result in full time employment for each successful participant.

The programme will be held at the new premises of Direct Sales Marketing Ltd in Tipperary town and and will be facilitated by training company Future People

It is open to those who are under 25 years of age and are long term unemployed.

Upon successful completion of the programme the 20 participants will be employed on a full time basis in DSM's telesales centre.

Those who undertake the course will be allowed to keep their entitlements for the duration of the programme.

DSM's  Aidan Ryan gave more details to Tipp Mid West and anyone interested can contact DSM 062 33750 of Future people 062 65781