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!!!)

We thought we’d up date you all on our progress towards the 21st century!

Badger Design has joined facebook!

It’s a great way of finding out about our company news, new products, website updates and even possibly the odd special offer. So keep an eye on our updates and feel free to talk to us on our Wall.

For those of you who would like to follow us please find us, and like us! Then feel free to comment… Share your ideas… and generally introduce yourself to us. We’d love to see you!

Paulette Love celebrated her 20 years with Badger Design – 1st October 2009!

Throughout the years Paulette has seen many changes and watched the company slowly grow in size. She has welded thousands of tax discs and been involved in the finishing of many thousands of promotional products. To celebrate her commitment she was awarded some vouchers and a small party was held in her honour.

We were very proud to see our promotional fridge magnets being put to their proper use on Make Me a Million by the Lean Team.

When we were making them we had no idea they would appear on television being packed up and sent out.

The fridge magnets make a perfect promotional tool for diets or weight loss programmes.

It would be good if we could claim that magnets help you to loose weight but unfortuantely we can’t.  

Andrew Chalmers-Stevens – Badger Design’s longest serving employee celebrated 20 years with Badger Design on February 20th 2006.

Through the years Andrew has die cut literally millions of promotional fridge magnets and childrens stickers.

Andrew is a keen railway enthusiast and to celebrate his 20th year he was given a footplate experience which involved driving a steam locomotive 8 miles and then firing it on the return journey.

As part of the weekend he and his girlfriend of 16 years, Christine Willcocks, spent the night at The Pines Hotel in Swanage.

Well we thought we’d have a break from serious things like promotional fridge magnets and custom stickers.

We decided to have a really wild party – the theme was obviously the Wild West- Cowboys and Indians – to be honest it’s just an excuse for us; we always look like this in the office!

 

We have used pictures of us on the website so that everyone can see what we look like and it saved us on professional photos!

Here is a list then of who is who in Badger Design:

On our home page we have Jo in accounts (incidentally she looks at her best on the magnetic photo frames page)

On customised clocks, promotional stickers and magnetic dartboard page is Chris. Chris works in our workshop welding personalised tax disc holders and promotional coasters.

Jay is on our beermat and promotional fridge magnet page – he is one of the screenprinters who prints our beermats, stickers and promotional fridge magnets.

On Placemats, magnetic bookmarks, drywipe boards, window wobblers and door hangars we have Robbie our production director. He is responsible for all of our promtional items.

I’m on the magnetic memoboard page and Ingrid being just plain mean wouldn’t be on it at all – we did manage to get her photo taken so here it is!

Talk to the hand, the face ain’t listening!