Terms and Conditions

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Modern Slavery Statement

Introduction-

The House of Vere, a luxury boutique, uses only Scottish woolen mills for handmade tartan garments, thereby already complying with this standard. However, we also partner with other wholesale companies for products that do not fall under the category of Scottish heritage garments. We have sourced the most ethical companies to provide these products, and this is the company statement from our outsourcing.

Our responsibility to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking within our business and supply chain is something we take extremely seriously.

We are committed to taking all reasonable steps to combat modern slavery and human trafficking through the implementation and development of best business practices.

We aim to reach our commercial goals while conducting our operations at the House of Vere in a reputable, responsible manner.

This statement outlines the steps we have taken and plan to take in 2024/2025 to identify, understand, and minimize potential risks relating to modern slavery and human trafficking within our business structure and supply chain.

Our Structure and Business

Beechfeilds, referred to as the Company, not only employs individuals directly but also maintains relationships with various organizations in its supply chain and customer base.

We operate four leading textile accessory brands, supplied to the rebranding, personalization, and promotional industry. The brands are distributed through a network of distribution partners operating throughout Europe. We have 60 permanent employees.

Our global annual turnover is approximately £60 million.

Our Supply Chains

Our supply chains include our factory base, covering raw materials and manufacturing, logistics suppliers, as well as ‘not for resale’ goods and service providers to cover fixtures and fittings used in our offices, IT equipment, utilities, waste services, marketing, advertising, accounting, legal, professional services, recruitment, and training.

Our suppliers vary in size, expertise, and industry, and many are themselves reliant on their own supply chain to provide goods or services to us.

The factories we work with manufacture the products we sell to our customers. Our factory base predominantly consists of suppliers based in China, India, Pakistan, and more recently Vietnam. We have established good working relationships with our factories, many of which we have collaborated with for a significant number of years.

Our Policies and Due Diligence Processes on Slavery and Human Trafficking

We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships, ensuring transparency in our operations and our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chains, consistent with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

We recognize that our supply chain predominantly operates in countries where the risk of modern slavery, child labor, and human trafficking is higher than in most other countries. Therefore, we have implemented and enforced effective systems and controls to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place in our business or any of our supply chains.

We expect the same high standards from all our contractors, suppliers, and other business partners. As part of our contracting processes, we include specific prohibitions against the use of forced, compulsory, or trafficked labor, or anyone held in slavery or servitude, whether adults or children, and we require that our suppliers uphold these same high standards with their own suppliers.

The Company’s recruitment is conducted through our human resources department and department managers, supported by recruitment agencies when necessary. All screening, interviewing, and assessing is performed in-house. The process includes conducting thorough ‘Right to Work’ checks for all employees to safeguard them against human trafficking or being forced to work against their will.

The Company operates an open-door policy, encouraging all employees to report any concerns regarding matters involving the business or supply chains in connection with modern slavery or human trafficking.

To further prevent modern slavery in our business and supply chain, we continuously review our systems and procedures to:

- Identify and assess potential risk areas in our supply chains.

- Mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains.

- Monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains.

- Protect whistleblowers through our Whistleblowing Policy.

Training

Training on this policy, and on the risks our business faces from modern slavery in its supply chains, forms part of staff coaching and development as necessary.

Our Effectiveness in Combating Slavery and Human Trafficking

We will monitor the effectiveness of our practices to ensure that modern slavery and human trafficking do not occur in our business or supply chains.

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31st December 2025.