The UK energy sector's average payment performance in 2022, based on this sample of 190 companies, is substantially better than the national average. It's almost 30 points above! Still, even within this relatively high-performing sector, payment practices are far from uniform, with a worrying gap between the best and worst payers.
Northern Ireland, despite only having 7 companies in the sample, leads the way with an average score of 82.9, while Scotland lags slightly behind at 77.6 - whether this reflects genuine geographic differences or is just sample variation is tough to say. London, with the largest sample size (61 companies), scores a respectable 81.2.
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Takeaway: While the energy sector's overall PaymentCheck score of 77.2 significantly exceeds the UK average of 50, ENSCO OFFSHORE U.K. LIMITED's score of just 24.4 shows that prompt payment is still a significant problem for some suppliers.
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