Thanks to all of you who came to visit us at The Trade Only Show 2012!

We had a great time and it was great to meet so many people.

Now we’re finishing off the fudge!!! (it’s a hard life…)

Seeing as the festive season is upon us we thought we’d treat ourselves to an early Christmas present… a new 4 colour process printing machine.

It enables us to do short 4 colour process runs of both vinyl stickers and tax disc holders to a really high quality.

We’re extremely pleased with the print and if you’d like to see any samples please give us a call!

We’re starting to get excited about attending the

Trade Only National Show 2012 in the new year.

It’s in Coventry on 25th and 26th January 2012.

It proved to be a great success this year and we hope to see you there!!!!

Have you heard about our exciting new iPod offer..?
Order your flat flexible fridge magnets from us and you might even have it in time for Christmas!!!

For full terms and conditions visit www.badgerdesign.com/free-ipod-offer.php

We’re proud to become Sedex members!

Our membership number is: S000000044843

And we can also now provide a copy of a

SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit) Report

carried out on our magnetic material supplier.

“Sedex is a not for profit membership organisation dedicated to driving improvements in responsible and ethical business practices in global supply chains.”

source: http://www.sedexglobal.com/

We have been updating some of our Policies and copies are available on request …

• Environmental Policy
• Equal Opportunities Policy
• Equality and Diversity Policy
• Ethical Trading Policy
• Health and Safety Policy
• Quality Policy

We always value feedback from our customers, it’s a great way to ensure we’re doing the best job we can! We were really pleased when these comments came through last Friday…

“I had a company contact us since seeing the… van stickers you did for us last month… so well done for a nice job”

“These have just arrived and look great – we are really pleased with them.”

Ethical Trading Policy

Badger Design Ltd is one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of magnetic promotional products and motor accessories. We pride ourselves on ensuring that your products are produced to the highest quality, at the keenest prices and delivered on time.

We strongly believe in ethical principles and seek to build strong relationships with like minded organisations that share our values. Our ethical trading policy has been developed based on this commitment and to ensure that we do not benefit from the mistreatment of others.

Employment

• All employment with Badger Design Ltd is freely chosen.
• Employees are not required to lodge “deposits” or their identity papers with their employer.
• Employees are free to leave their employer after reasonable notice.
• To every extent possible all work carried out must be done so on the basis of recognised employment relationship through national law and practice.
• Labour only contracting, sub-contracting and fixed term contracts are not used as a means to avoid obligations under labour or social security laws.

Working hours

• Working hours are not excessive. They comply with national laws and benchmark industry standards, whichever affords greater protection.
• Employees shall not on a regular basis be required to work in excess of 48 hours per week
• There shall be at least an average of 1 day off for every 7.
• Overtime should never exceed 12 hours per week, shall not be regularly expected and be compensated at a premium rate.

Wages

• Wages paid for a standard working week meet, at a minimum, legal and national standards. They should be sufficient to meet basic needs and to provide some discretionary income.
• Employees are provided with, and understand, written information regarding employment conditions and wages before entering employment.
• No deductions from wages as a disciplinary measure are permitted. Any lawful deductions will be discussed with the employee concerned.
• All disciplinary measures should be recorded.

Health and safety

• Badger Design Ltd are committed to providing a safe and healthy place of work.
• Adequate steps shall be taken to prevent accidents and injury to health arising out of, associated with, or occurring in the course of work, by minimising, so far as is reasonably practicable, the causes of hazards inherent in the working environment.
• Employees have unrestricted access to toilet facilities and drinking water.

Child labour

• There shall be no new recruitment of child labour.
• Children or persons under 16 are not be employed at any time.
• Children or persons under 18 shall not be employed at night or in hazardous conditions.

Discrimination and Discipline

• There shall be no discrimination in pay, hiring, compensation, access to training, promotion, termination of employment or retirement based on race, nationality, religion, age, disability, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, union membership or political affiliation.
• Badger Design Ltd will not tolerate any form of physical abuse or discipline. This includes the threat of physical abuse, sexual or other harassment, verbal abuse and all other forms of intimidation.

Trade Unions and Representatives

• Employees, without distinction have the right to join or form trade unions of their own choosing.
• Employee representatives shall not be discriminated against.

Development

• We strive to continually monitor legislation to continually improve our operations.

Last updated: January 2011

We have a new mascot – can you guess what he is yet?

Yes that’s right – a Badger!

We love him but he hasn’t got a name yet! Have you got any suggestions? Find us on facebook (just search for Badger Design) and let us know what you think… We’ll announce his name and you can see what he’s been up to on our facebook page (he has a much more exciting life than any of the rest of us!!!)