Headlines, PublicNet: 6 June, 2012
Paying money to pubic bodies, including fines, can be speeded up by giving incentives. Negative incentives, such as late payment fines, are less effective.
The findings from a YouGov carried out for SAS, providers of business analytics software and services, indicate that the public sector should focus on incentivising people to pay fines and bills or complete forms on time over penalising them.