MODERN SLAVERY POLICY

INCLUDING LINEAR FISHERIES (OXFORD) LTD

A. Introduction & Purpose Smiths Bletchington are committed to undertaking their business activities responsibly and sustainably, meeting the needs of customers, employees, and other stakeholders, while managing the social and environmental impacts of our activities.

B. Terms and Definitions

C. Responsibilities Senior Management must:

Ensure they are familiar with this policy.
Ensure the policy is implemented, understood, and enforced within their area of responsibility.

All Business Managers must:

Ensure they are familiar with this policy.
Ensure the policy is implemented, understood, and enforced within their area of responsibility.

All employees must:

Adhere to this policy.

D. Process

D.1. Policy Regarding our own employees, Smiths Bletchington are committed to ethical and lawful employment practices, to ensure acts of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking are not present in their own business, including:

Prohibition of forced labour and child labour.
Providing a safe and healthy working environment.
Providing a working environment free from physical or verbal abuse, sexual harassment, and other forms of intimidation.
Terms and Conditions of employment, including working hours, will be based on recognised employment law.
Wages and salaries paid will be clearly laid out in an employee’s contract of employment, meet a minimum of national legal standards, and be consistent with the market rate for the job.
Equality of opportunity, employment and working conditions.

Accordingly, we will not knowingly engage suppliers (including contractors, sub-contractors, or other business partners) who practice Modern Slavery or Human Trafficking in their own operations, or knowingly tolerate it in their own supply chains.

In order to assess the risk of Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in our supply chain, Smiths Bletchington will:

Assess and audit suppliers in accordance with our Responsible Purchasing Policy.
Identify and assess potential risk areas when engaging new suppliers.
Periodically review our exiting supply chains by assessing the potential for changed risk, including the possibility or re-auditing a supplier, or conduct spot checks.

Any supplier that fails to comply with this policy will be liable to immediate termination of our contract with them.

This policy is consistent with our Corporate Social Responsibility Policy in accordance with section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to activities during the financial year ending March 2026. E. Associated Doc

Ric Clemmey
Managing Director
May 2025