Collection

Late payments research

A collection of research papers looking at how late payments affect businesses.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 30 July 2025

The research papers consider:

• what causes late payments between businesses, and how this affects payment performance and practices across businesses of different sectors and sizes – supported by a quantitative survey and interview case studies
• the total economic cost of late payments and their impact on the UK economy – supported by a quantitative survey and econometric analysis of secondary data sources

Collection

• Late payments research: impact on the UK economy
  • 30 July 2025
  • Research and analysis
• Late payments research: performance and practices across business
  • 19 September 2024
  • Research and analysis

Published 30 July 2025