UNIPER UK LIMITED

Company number: 02796628

Reporting period:
1 January 2018 to 30 June 2018

This information is as reported by the business, and responses are in their own words.

This report was filed on 11 July 2018

and approved by Matthew Bayes

Payment statistics

Average time taken to pay invoices: 51 days

Invoices paid:

within 30 days: 32%
in 31 to 60 days: 34%
in 61 days or more: 33%

Invoices due but not paid within agreed terms: 17%

Payment terms

Shortest standard payment periods

15 days

Longest standard payment period

45 days

Standard payment terms

We offer the following payment terms: 15 days -3% discount 30 days -2% discount 60 days net

Were there any changes to the standard payment terms in the reporting period?

As of 01/01/2018 we changed our standard payment terms from 45 day’s end of month net due on the 5th. To a standard 60 day’s net. Current Contracts were not affected.

Were suppliers notified or consulted about these changes before they were made?

Changed terms only apply to any new Contracts placed or renewed. See Standard payment terms details

Maximum contractual payment period agreed

45 days

n/a

Any other information about payment terms

n/a

Dispute resolution process

7.8 Where Uniper disputes any part of an invoice it shall promptly notify the Supplier of the reasons for the dispute and the sums concerned. The Parties shall endeavour to resolve such dispute in good faith, provided that, in default of resolution within ten (10) Business Days after service of the said notice, either Party may invoke the Dispute Resolution Process; and pending final resolution Uniper shall be entitled to withhold the disputed amount (and interest under Clause 7.6 shall not accrue). 16. DISPUTE RESOLUTION 16.1 Subject to Clause 7.8, the Parties shall use reasonable endeavours to resolve all disputes arising in connection with this Agreement amicably by negotiation between its Responsible Managers but if any such dispute is not so settled within thirty (30) days after it has arisen, either Party may, by giving notice to the other Party, making express reference to this Clause 16.1, escalate the dispute to the managers of each Responsible Managers; and if the dispute is not settled within thirty (30) Business Days after the date of giving such notice the Parties shall be free to commence litigation to resolve the dispute.

Other payment information

Has this business signed up to a code of conduct or standards on payment practices? If so, which?

For example, signatories to The Prompt Payment Code must commit to paying 95% of their invoices within 60 days.

No, this business has not signed up to a code of conduct or standards on payment practices.

Does this business offer e-invoicing in relation to qualifying contracts?

This is where suppliers can electronically submit and track invoices. It's not just allowing suppliers to email them an invoice.

Does this business offer supply chain finance?

This is where a supplier who has submitted an invoice can be paid by a third-party finance provider earlier than the agreed payment date. The business would then pay the finance provider the invoiced sum.

Under its payment practices and policies, can this business deduct sums from payments under qualifying contracts as a charge for remaining on a supplier list?