The UK creative sector is paying invoices better than the national average, but there’s a massive gulf between the best and worst performers, with a spread of over 77 points. Diesel London Limited's score of 19.8 is a real outlier.
Scotland's average score of 80.3 is the highest, but it's only based on one company, so it's hard to read too much into it. London, with 16 companies analysed, had a respectable average score of 71.0, suggesting that the capital's creative firms are generally pretty good at paying on time.
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One-line takeaway: While the average PaymentCheck score of 67.3 puts the creative sector above the UK average, DIESEL LONDON LIMITED's shockingly low score of 19.8 indicates that late payment issues are still a very real problem for some.
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