BDP failed to pay more than half its invoices within agreed timescales this year, according to payment data it supplied to the government.

The architect took an average 32 days to pay bills in the six months to the end of June – although this was an improvement on the previous six months, by four days.

BDP paid 70% of invoices within 30 days and 90% within 60 days, according to the six-monthly data it is required to file as a firm with more than 250 staff. Both those statistics were also slightly improved.

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