This timeline presented the amount of money owed in unpaid invoices to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2011, 2014 and 2015, in billion British pounds. It was reported that the amount of money owed to SMEs increased over this time period, reaching 67.4 billion British pounds in 2015, that is to say 36% more than in 2011.
Money owed to small and medium enterprises (SME) in unpaid invoices in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2011 and 2015
(in billion GBP)
Characteristic
Amount owed in billion GBP
2015
67.4
2014
62.5
2011
49.5
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Asset Based Finance Association. (September 21, 2015). Money owed to small and medium enterprises (SME) in unpaid invoices in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2011 and 2015 (in billion GBP) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/467682/unpaid-invoices-to-smes-uk/
Asset Based Finance Association. "Money owed to small and medium enterprises (SME) in unpaid invoices in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2011 and 2015 (in billion GBP)." Chart. September 21, 2015. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/467682/unpaid-invoices-to-smes-uk/
Asset Based Finance Association. (2015). Money owed to small and medium enterprises (SME) in unpaid invoices in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2011 and 2015 (in billion GBP). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/467682/unpaid-invoices-to-smes-uk/
Asset Based Finance Association. "Money Owed to Small and Medium Enterprises (Sme) in Unpaid Invoices in The United Kingdom (Uk) between 2011 and 2015 (in Billion Gbp)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/467682/unpaid-invoices-to-smes-uk/
Asset Based Finance Association, Money owed to small and medium enterprises (SME) in unpaid invoices in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2011 and 2015 (in billion GBP) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/467682/unpaid-invoices-to-smes-uk/ (last visited May 11, 2025)
Money owed to small and medium enterprises (SME) in unpaid invoices in the United Kingdom (UK) between 2011 and 2015 (in billion GBP) [Graph], Asset Based Finance Association, September 21, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/467682/unpaid-invoices-to-smes-uk/
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