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Business Smart Solutions Ltd (“the Company”) is a privately-owned company registered in England and Wales specialising in Public Sector, namely Local Government recruitment & consultancy. Industries we work with include but are not limited to: education, finance, housing, revenues, social care and welfare.
The Company was established in 2018 and operates remotely, with all employees residing in the UK. Our registered and head office is 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU.
The Company has less than 10 employees but engages, supplies, and pays in excess of 100 temporary agency workers in its capacity as a recruitment & consultancy company.
The Company turnover is below £36 million; however we publish this statement as The Company treats the threat of modern slavery as a matter of the upmost importance.
The Company is committed to the highest standards of integrity, transparency, and accountability. It is therefore vital for the Company that it can demonstrate all appropriate steps are taken to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of its business or supply chain.
To hold an individual in slavery is a violation of human rights and is a crime. The Company recognises this and takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, and forced/compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person's liberty by another for the purposes of exploiting them for personal or commercial gain. Accordingly, guidance on how to recognise and respond to the signs of modern slavery is published for The Company’s employees on Notion together with The Company’s Anti-Modern Slavery Policy which sets out how the Company aims to prevent, detect and report modern slavery in any part of its business or supply chains.
The Company takes a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all its business dealings and relationships and in implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in its UK business operations or in any of the Company’s supply chains.
The Company has internal Training and Development resources to ensure all Staff training and development needs are met including around the identification and reporting of concerns around modern slavery.
The Company expects the same high standards from its suppliers, contractors and other third parties. As part the Company’s contracting processes, it expects that its suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same standards set out in our policy statement below.
All staff and third parties are required to raise any concerns about any issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any parts of the Company’s business or supply chains at the earliest possible stage. The Company encourages openness and will support anyone who raises genuine concerns in good faith under its Anti-Modern Slavery Policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken. The Company is committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery of whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of the business or in any of the Company’s supply chains. Detrimental treatment includes dismissal, disciplinary action, threats, or other unfavourable treatment connected with raising a concern. If any staff believe they have suffered any such treatment, the individual is encouraged to inform either their manager or the CEO immediately and to report the matter to the proper authorities.
Ben Moreton (CEO) has overall responsibility for ensuring this Company’s Anti-Modern-Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy complies with the Company’s legal and ethical obligations, and that all those Staff and third parties under its control comply with it and has approved this Statement.
1.1 The Company Anti-Slavery Policy applies to all persons working for the Company or on its behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, and officers (“Staff”) and third parties including agency workers, customers, suppliers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contractors, external consultants (“third parties”).
2.1 To hold an individual in slavery is a violation of fundamental human rights and a crime. The Company recognises this takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced/compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person's liberty by another for the purposes of exploiting them for personal or commercial gain.
2.2 The Company takes a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all its business dealings and relationships and in implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in its UK business operations or in any of the Company’s supply chains. The Company expects the same high standards from its suppliers, contractors and other third parties. As part the Company’s contracting processes, it expects that its suppliers will hold their own suppliers to the same standards set out in The Company Anti-Slavery Policy.