The analysis shows a slight uptick in payment performance within the Events and Venues sector from 2022 to 2023, however, the 1.3-point increase suggests marginal, and potentially insignificant, improvements in payment efficiency across the sample. While a larger sample size was studied in 2023, this change might not represent a fundamental shift in underlying payment behaviors. Companies can use a late payment calculator to understand the real cost of outstanding invoices.
In 2023, Events and Venues industry is slightly ahead of the 2022 industry average, reaching a score of 67.7/100 against 66.4/100.

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