The train travel sector clearly outpaces the UK average for payment practices, but a score of 67.5/100 suggests there's still plenty of room for improvement and that some suppliers are still waiting to get paid. The enormous spread between the best and worst payers – a 54.77-point gap between Merseyrail and Hitachi – indicates inconsistent payment cultures across different operators.
Note: The "Worst Payers" section includes companies ranked from lowest to highest score out of the companies analysed.
The data is fairly thin, but it seems companies based in the North West are leading the way with payments, while the North East and London are lagging behind, even if only slightly. With just one company represented in the North West, it's difficult to draw definitive conclusions about regional trends, but that score of 85.1/100 suggests a particularly strong payment ethos within that organisation.
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While the train travel sector beats the UK average payment score by 17.5 points, Hitachi Rail's score of just 30.33 suggests some suppliers are being kept waiting far too long for payment.
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