Surge in payment defaults ‘a portent of things to come’

A surge in trade payment defaults revealed increasing distress among SMEs and “is a portent of things to come for the wider economy”, says CreditorWatch in its latest risk data.

by | Sep 14, 2022

Business-to-business payment defaults have risen 53 per cent year-on-year and hit their highest point since October 2020, during the height of the pandemic, the agency’s August Business Risk Index showed.

Also on the rise are court actions, up 51 per cent compared to a year ago, and external administrations, which have leapt 129 per cent since January.

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