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Old 29-06-09, 10:50   #5 (permalink)
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Talking Re: Late payers deserve contempt not credit

I think the very valid point in the article is about customers making up a large % of your business.

I really try not to let one sector never mind individual business be a large % of my revenue.

I made the mistake last year of letting the banking sector become a significant client base.

If you can keep your client base well spread it significantly reduces the impact when you do land a late payment issue as we all will at sometime.

I get a very broad view of who is paying and who is not by sector as our client base is very diverse.

In my experience

Worst paying sector = Large corporate businesses
Most improved sector = Government departments /schools etc
Sector that leaves me with bad debt most often = my own
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