The North West significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, yet a wide disparity exists within the region, as evidenced by the bottom payers scoring so low. The Human Resources sector emerges as a clear leader in prompt payments, showing the commitment in that field.
These companies achieved a perfect PaymentCheck score of 100/100, setting the gold standard for payment practices in the North West:
These companies need to significantly improve their payment practices, as indicated by their low PaymentCheck scores:
Payment performance varies significantly across different sectors:
The Human Resources sector, with an average of 94.1, demonstrates exceptional payment behaviour relative to other industries, while the Data sector results should be taken with a grain of salt since this represents only one company.
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One-line takeaway: While the North West's average PaymentCheck score of 65.4 surpasses the UK's 50, the region needs to address the poor payment performance exhibited by the bottom 5 companies, who all score under 20.
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