About Us

Since the incorporation, the key objective of United Merchants PLC (Unimer) has been to create a business climate for the stability of the trade, in which both merchants and suppliers can, without restriction, operate trading arrangements through one accounting centre for greater profitability of both parties.

The primary role of Unimer is to act as a central counter-party to clearing members and in doing so, reducing their counter-party risk.  Unimer also indirectly facilitates increased liquidity in the market and enables members to net off their long and short positions which ultimately reduces the costs of trading

Unimer, as a clearing house, acts as a go-between when two parties trade. Once the trade is made, any monetary risk involved is borne by Unimer, acting as guarantor for the trade.

At Unimer, we take over all the functions relating to the preparation of billing information and reconciliation reports and the reconciliation process itself. As we have access to information from all the members involved in a particular case, discrepancies are more easily identified and resolved

The range of services carried out by Unimer to achieve this principal objective on behalf of everyone trading through the organisation is impressive and is co-ordinated from the Company's offices in Rustington, West Sussex.

Over 70 years of trading 

Founded in 1935, Unimer is a Public Limited Company, with over 1,000 shareholding members, collectively operating in excess of 3,000 outlets throughout the United Kingdom. The authorised share capital of the Company is 1,000,000 ordinary shares of unit value of 0.25p.

Registered Office

United Merchants plc
Unimer House
Dominion Way
Rustington
Littlehampton
West Sussex
BN16 3GX

Registered No. 300326 England
VAT Registration No. 240112430

Corporate Social Responsibility

To ensure we maintain our outstanding company reputation and ensure we comply with relevant legislation and regulations, we continually aim to develop the business operations to meet today's business challenges without compromising the needs of future generations. We strive to improve the performance of Unimer and to create further value by adopting business sustainability practises that integrate economic, environmental and social management.

For a full copy of Unimer's Policy on Corporate Social Responsibility, please click here.

Privacy Policy

As a valued member and user of the Unimer website, we value your privacy, and your email address will never be sold, released or otherwise made available or distributed to any third parties, unless you have agreed to do so.

The collection and use of email addresses in accordance with this policy, including the Unimer use of cookies is explained below.

What personal data do we collect?

We use the information to help us understand more about how our web site is used, to improve our site, and to send you information about us and our products which we think may be of interest to you, both electronically and otherwise.

In the case of our electronic publications available through the membership subscription, your personal information may be used to enable us to verify you are a subscriber and to deliver the online publication to you.

Unless you have informed us that you do not wish to receive further information about Unimer, we will send you electronic communications.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data that is sent from our web server to your browser. It is stored on your hard drive. A cookie cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites, and will not damage your system.

You can reset your browser to refuse cookies or alert you when a cookie is being sent. If you choose not to accept cookies, some features of this site may not work as intended. We only use cookies for system administration and to give us information on the number of visitors to different parts of our website. We do not use them to identify you.

How do we use your personal data?

Where appropriate, we use your personal data:

• To provide information on Unimer and its products and services to members
• To inform you about changes and improvements to this website.

If you register you will receive email communications alerting you to news and offers. You may choose not to receive these.

Disclosure of personal data

We shall not disclose your personal information unless obliged to, or allowed to do so by law, or where we need to in order to run our business (e.g. where other people process data for us). In such circumstances, we ask those people to give us confidentiality or non-disclosure undertakings.

Unsubcription

You may at any time request us to stop using your personal data for email communication purposes. To do so, contact Steve Hopkins on 01903 85 99 55 or via email: s.hopkins@unimer.co.uk

Links

This site contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these and you should read their own privacy policies. The policy described here, applies only to personal data collected by the Unimer.

Security

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet is guaranteed 100% secure, but we do take appropriate steps to protect the security of your personal data.

Inaccuracies and corrections

We endeavor to keep your personal data accurate and up to date. If you become aware of errors or inaccuracies, please contact Steve Hopkins on 01903 85 99 55 or via email: s.hopkins@unimer.co.uk

Copyright and Trade Marks

All materials on this web site are the copyright of the Unimer or are reproduced with permission from other copyright owners. All rights are reserved. The materials on this web site may be retrieved and downloaded solely for personal use. No materials may otherwise be copied, modified, published, broadcast or otherwise distributed without the prior written agreement.

Copyright Notice

All rights, including copyright and database rights, on the Unimer website and its content, are owned by or licensed to Unimer, or otherwise used by Unimer as permitted by applicable law.

In accessing Unimer's web pages, you agree that you will access the content tests solely for your own private use but not for any commercial or public use. You can download material and print out a single hard copy of any part of the content test on the Unimer's website for your personal use.

Except as permitted above, you undertake not to copy, store in any medium (including in any other website), distribute, transmit, re-transmit, broadcast, modify, or show in public any part of the Unimer's website without the prior written permission of the Unimer or in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

Terms and Conditions

Access to, and use of, this site is provided by the Unimer subject to the following Terms and Conditions:

1. Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these terms and conditions, which take effect immediately on your first use of the site. The Unimer reserves the right to change these terms and conditions at any time by posting changes online.
2. You are responsible for reviewing regularly information posted online to obtain timely notice of such changes. Your continued use of this site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of this agreement as modified by the posted changes.
3. Material may not be copied, reproduced, republished, downloaded, posted, broadcast or transmitted in any way except for your own personal non-commercial home use. Any other use requires the prior written permission of the Unimer. You agree not to adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any of the material contained in this site or use it for any other purpose other than for your personal non-commercial use. You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content, or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within this site.
4. This site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to Unimer, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "IS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, compatibility, security and accuracy. In no event will the Unimer be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortuous action, arising out of or in connection with the use of the site. Unimer does not warrant that the functions contained in the material contained in this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs or represents the full functionality, accuracy, and reliability of the materials. The names, images and logos identifying Unimer and its products and services are proprietary marks of Unimer. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as conferring by implication, or otherwise any licence or right under any trademark or patent of Unimer.
5. Where you are invited to submit any contribution to this site (including without limitation any text, graphics, video or audio) you are required by such submission to grant Unimer a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicense able right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to any such work worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content test. If you do not wish to grant such rights to Unimer, it is suggested that you do not submit your contribution to this site. By submitting your contribution to this site, you also:
1. Warrant that such contribution is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available Unimer for all the purposes specified above;
2. Indemnify Unimer against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by Unimer as a result of your breach of the above warranty; and
3. Agree to waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the Unimer site and the other purposes specified above.
4. If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on this site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.
6. If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that Term or Condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from this clause and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.
7. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Disputes arising here from shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
8. If these Terms and Conditions are not accepted in full, you do not have permission to access the content tests of this website and therefore should cease using this website immediately.

Changes to this policy

Unimer privacy policy may change at any time, so you may wish to check it each time you visit our website