The creative sector's payment performance remained essentially unchanged between 2022 and 2023, with a miniscule decrease in the overall score. This suggests that the industry is maintaining, but not improving, on existing payment practices. Businesses struggling with late payments can utilise a late payment calculator to assess the potential impact on their finances.
One-line summary: Despite surveying a larger sample, the creative sector saw a negligible decrease in payment performance, from 67.3 (out of 100) across 39 companies in 2022 to 67.2 across 42 companies in 2023.

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