Our Company is committed to dealing fairly and professionally with all of our supplier partners. One way that we do this is by working to the Better Payment Practice Code. In short, this means that we aim to pay at least 95% of invoices within the agreed terms, unless there is a dispute. For most of our partners, this would be within 30 days of the date of invoice. However, for suppliers who can demonstrate that they are a Small or Medium Enterprise (SME), we bring payments forward to 10 days or sooner. 2017/18 Number Within target Number Outside of target Total Number % No within Value Within target £ Value Outside of target £ Total value £ % Value within 2017/18 Invoices Paid 6,720 2,987 9,707 69% 6,208,447 8,468,865 14,677,312 42% 2018/19 Number Within target Number Outside of target Total Number % No within Value Within target £ Value Outside of target £ Total value £ % Value within 2018/19 Invoices Paid 7,581 4,205 11,786 64% 8,868,439 6,862,778 15,731,217 56% 2019/20 Number Within target Number Outside of target Total Number % No within Value Within target £ Value Outside of target £ Total value £ % Value within 2019/20 Invoices Paid 3,536 3,366 6,902 51% 6,273,195 6,208,229 12,481,424 50% 2020/21 Number Within target Number Outside of target Total Number % No within Value Within target £ Value Outside of target £ Total value £ % Value within 2020/21 Invoices Paid 3,210 2,928 6,138 52% 4,078,930 3,518,610 7,597,540 54% 2021/22 Number Within target Number Outside of target Total Number % No within Value Within target £ Value Outside of target £ Total value £ % Value within 2021/22 Invoices Paid 5125 4855 9980 51% 5,644,664 5,890,730 11,535,394 49%