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title: "North West Payment Practices Report 2022"
date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00+00:00
url: https://paymentcheck.co.uk/blog/reports/north-west-payment-practices-2022
description: "North West Payment Practices Report 2022 - Payment practices analysis from PaymentCheck"
category: "Reports"
---

# North West Payment Practices Report 2022

# North West Firms Lead UK in Payment Practices, but Laggards Drag Down Progress

## The Numbers

*   Companies Analysed: 458
*   Average PaymentCheck Score (North West): 65.4/100
*   Average PaymentCheck Score (UK): 50.0/100
*   North West Advantage: 15.4 points above the UK average.
*   Top PaymentCheck Score: 100/100
*   Bottom PaymentCheck Score: 13.4/100

## What Stands Out

The North West significantly outperforms the UK average in payment practices, yet a wide disparity exists within the region, as evidenced by the bottom payers scoring so low. The Human Resources sector emerges as a clear leader in prompt payments, showing the commitment in that field.

## Best Payers

These companies achieved a perfect PaymentCheck score of 100/100, setting the gold standard for payment practices in the North West:

1. [TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION (U.K.), LTD.](/company-search/10250170/twentieth-century-fox-television-distribution-u-k-ltd)
2. [RULLION ENGINEERING LIMITED](/company-search/01152507/rullion-engineering-limited)
3. [PAYQUEST GROUP LIMITED](/company-search/07153191/payquest-group-limited)
4. [PAYSTREAM MY MAX HOLDINGS LIMITED](/company-search/07598949/paystream-my-max-holdings-limited)
5. [PAYSTREAM MY MAX 3 LIMITED](/company-search/07708464/paystream-my-max-3-limited)

## Worst Payers

These companies need to significantly improve their payment practices, as indicated by their low PaymentCheck scores:

1. [BESTWAY PHARMACY NDC LIMITED](/company-search/01050265/bestway-pharmacy-ndc-limited) - 13.4/100
2. [DONALD WARDLE AND SON LIMITED](/company-search/02914910/donald-wardle-and-son-limited) - 14.6/100
3. [CROWN PACKAGING MANUFACTURING UK LIMITED](/company-search/10352429/crown-packaging-manufacturing-uk-limited) - 15.6/100
4. [CROWN PAINTS LIMITED](/company-search/06624576/crown-paints-limited) - 17.9/100
5. [SLATER & GORDON (UK) 1 LIMITED](/company-search/07895497/slater-gordon-uk-1-limited) - 18.37/100

## Sector Breakdown

Payment performance varies significantly across different sectors:

*   Human Resources: 94.1 average (12 companies)
*   Data: 93.8 average (1 company)
*   Hardware: 86.4 average (2 companies)
*   Train Travel: 85.6 average (1 company)
*   Education: 82.4 average (13 companies)

The Human Resources sector, with an average of 94.1, demonstrates exceptional payment behaviour relative to other industries, while the Data sector results should be taken with a grain of salt since this represents only one company.

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**One-line takeaway:** While the North West's average PaymentCheck score of 65.4 surpasses the UK's 50, the region needs to address the poor payment performance exhibited by the bottom 5 companies, who all score under 20.