The South East significantly outperforms the UK average, suggesting a stronger payment culture in the region. However, the gap between the best and worst payers is enormous, highlighting inconsistency even within the region.
These companies achieved a perfect 100/100 PaymentCheck score, indicating consistently prompt payments:
These companies received some of the lowest PaymentCheck scores, suggesting potential payment difficulties:
The Financial Services sector leads with an average score of 84.9 (71 companies), closely followed by Human Resources at 84.4 (10 companies). Waterways Travel scored 82.0 (2 companies), Education 81.5 (47 companies) and Care Services 77.6 (17 companies). The dominance of Financial Services and Human Resources suggests these sectors prioritize efficient payment practices, while Care Services lags relatively behind within the top sectors.
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Despite an overall positive average, the 82.97-point difference between KL VENTURES LIMITED and MICK GEORGE EARTHWORKS LIMITED proves that suppliers in the South East need to stay vigilant when extending credit.
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