While the Professional Services sector performs significantly better than the UK average, the wide range of scores, from 12.7 to 100, suggests a highly uneven playing field. The regional data further highlights inconsistencies, indicating that location and company size are potential factors in payment performance.
The West Midlands leads the way with an average PaymentCheck Score of 90.7, based on a small sample size of just three companies. London, with the largest sample size (85 companies), lags behind at 76.8, showing that while it performs better than the UK average, firms there fall behind the national average for professional services and underperforms relative to other regions.
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Takeaway: Despite an average of 74.5/100, the massive 87.3-point difference between the best and worst payers demonstrates that payment practices in UK Professional Services in 2025 are far from consistent.
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