Research and analysis

Large businesses' payment practices and performance statistics: methodology

Description of the methods and data used to produce the large businesses' payment practices and performance statistics.

• From: Department for Business and Trade
• Published: 14 July 2026

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Large businesses' payment practices and performance statistics: methodology

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This methodology and background quality report explains how the Department for Business and Trade produces the Large businesses’ payment practices and performance statistics.

It describes:

• the purpose, context and data sources for the statistics
• how the statistics are produced and calculated
• changes to reporting requirements over time
• the quality, strengths and limitations of the statistics
• the approach to revisions and corrections
• the data preparation and quality assurance process

Published 14 July 2026