Table of Payment Periods

Countries Credit Period (Days) Days Overdue Actual Payment Period Days
Norway 25 11 36
Finland 23 15 38
Sweden 29 12 41
Denmark 31 12 43
Germany 27 16 43
Austria 33 13 46
Netherlands 31 24 45
United Kingdom 31 45 76
Ireland 48 21 69
France 41 15 56
Belgium 68 6 74
Spain 65 11 75
Portugal 50 25 75
Greece 75 20 95
 

The above table describes the payment periods throughout Europe. It shows an example of medium size enterprises with a turnover of 12 million pounds.

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Robin Hood  

For a simple overview of how the Robin Hood concept could work in practise, refer to the satirically written "Budget Speech"
For a serious overview, refer to the Brief Presentation
Download "The Robin Hood Initiative" as a PDF document (45 colour pages, 814KB)

External links relating to the Author
12-12-12 home page (www.12-12-12.org).  An unusual yet popular book and website written by the author: How well could you run the World?
Systems Management home page (www.irc-online.com).  How well does your organisation run Problem and Change Management?
Azam home page (www.azamit.com).  How well does your organisation communicate with PCs using the spoken word?

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