Defender® Bird Spikes Anti-Slavery Policy
A) ORGANISATION
This statement applies to Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd. The information included in the statement refers
to the financial year 2023-2024
B) ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd operate from one centralised location in Devon in the United Kingdom, run
by the Managing Director David Jones.
The main activity carried out is the sale of bird and pigeon control spikes. The majority of sales come via the website
and trade telephone sales.
The labour supplied to Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd in pursuance of its operation is carried out solely in
the United Kingdom.
C) DEFINITIONS
The Group considers that modern slavery encompasses:
? Human trafficking;
? Forced work, through mental or physical threat;
? Being owned or controlled by an employer through mental or physical abuse of the threat of abuse;
? Being dehumanised, treated as a commodity or being bought or sold as property;
? Being physically constrained or to have restriction placed on freedom of movement.
D) COMMITMENT
Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd acknowledges its responsibilities in relation to tackling modern slavery and
commits to complying with the provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd
understands that this requires an ongoing review of both its internal practices in relation to its labour force and,
additionally, its supply chains.
Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd does not enter into business with any other organisation, in the United
Kingdom or abroad, which knowingly supports or is found to involve itself in slavery, servitude and forced or
compulsory labour.
No labour provided to Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd in the pursuance of the provision of its own services
is obtained by means of slavery or human trafficking. Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd strictly adheres to
the minimum standards required in relation to its responsibilities under relevant employment legislation in the United
Kingdom.
E) SUPPLY CHAINS
In order to fulfil its activities, Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd main supply chains include those related to
the supply of steel and polycarbonate in the United Kingdom.
F) POTENTIAL EXPOSURE
In general, Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd considers its exposure to slavery/human trafficking to be
relatively limited, however has taken steps to ensure that such practices do not take place in its business nor the
business of any organisation that supplies goods and/or services to it.
MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT
Registered address: Unit 4 Sabre Building, Sabre Close, Newton Abbot, TQ12 6TW
Company No: 3727977 VAT No: GB 7274917 09
G) STEPS
Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd has not, to its knowledge, conducted any business with another
organisation which has been found to have involved itself with modern slavery.
I) POLICIES
Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd has the following policies which further define the stance on modern slavery,
these are all included in the employee handbook and all staff have full access these and to further information.
? Equal Opportunities Policy
? Personal Harassment Policy
? Whistleblowing Policy
? Anti-Bribery Policy
? Code of Conduct
? Communications Policy
K) SLAVERY COMPLIANCE OFFICER
Jones and Son Pest Control Supplies Ltd has a Slavery Compliance Officer, to whom all concerns regarding modern
slavery should be addressed, and who will then undertake relevant action.
This statement is made in pursuance of Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act