This statement applies to TIPi Group (referred to in this statement as ‘the Organisation’). The information included in the statement refers to the financial year 2020/2021.
TIPi Group is formed of 3 agencies, all headed up by CEO Ollie Bishop. All agencies are based in one central London office and work collaboratively across each division, with one central administrative function.
The main activity of the organisation is the provision of full-service digital marketing functions for businesses.
Demand for our products is consistent throughout the year and is therefore not seasonal.
The labour supplied to the Organisation in pursuance of its operation is carried out in the United Kingdom, specifically from either the business premises at 53 Frith Street W1D, or remotely from home.
The Organisation considers that modern slavery encompasses:
The Organisation acknowledges its responsibilities in relation to tackling modern slavery and commits to complying with the provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. The Organisation understands that this requires an ongoing review of both its internal practices in relation to its labour force and, additionally, its supply chains.
The Organisation 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 the Organisation in the pursuance of the provision of its own services is obtained by means of slavery or human trafficking. The Organisation strictly adheres to the minimum standards required in relation to its responsibilities under relevant employment legislation in the UK.
Whilst the Organisation engages with a broad range of suppliers we do not consider our supply chain to be high risk. It 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.
In general, the Organisation considers its exposure to slavery/human trafficking to be relatively limited.
During the reporting period covered by this statement, the COVID-19 pandemic had taken hold. For several months, the UK was placed into lockdown to stem the spread of COVID-19. This created several challenges for the Organisation, as it did for others across the nation.
The Organisation welcomes the UK Government’s decision, as confirmed in April 2020, to allow for a delay of up to 6 months in the publication of modern slavery statements without the risk of facing penalty.
Despite the permitted, delay, the Organisation remains in a position to publish its statement for the financial year 2020/2021 in line with the original publishing requirements.
The Organisation concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic did not adjust the risk of modern slavery to a level above that which existed before the pandemic, which is as set out under ‘POTENTIAL EXPOSURE’ above.
The risk of modern slavery did not increase because the use of suppliers dropped significantly due to loss of clients, and due to homeworking being swiftly implemented in March 2020. Its premises, from which it usually conducts day to day business, were temporarily closed.
During the pandemic, the Organisation’s employees still had access to the grievance procedure to raise any concerns that they may have had.
The Organisation took the decision from the outset of the pandemic to ensure that all of the workforce who were required to self-isolate in accordance with public health guidelines continued to receive full pay during their absence.
The Organisation’s modern slavery risks were subject to the same monitoring procedures during the pandemic as at all other times.
The Organisation carries out due diligence processes in relation to ensuring slavery and/or human trafficking does not take place in its organisation or supply chains, including conducting a review of the controls of its suppliers.
The Organisation has not, to its knowledge, conducted any business with another organisation which has been found to have involved itself with modern slavery.
In accordance with section 54(4) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the Organisation has taken the following steps to ensure that modern slavery is not taking place:
The Organisation has the following policies which further define its stance on modern slavery:
The Organisation has a Slavery Compliance Officer, to whom all concerns regarding modern slavery should be addressed, and who will then undertake relevant action with regard to the Organisation’s obligations.
This statement is made in pursuance of Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and will be reviewed for each financial year.
Oliver Bishop
CEO
Date: 1st May 2021
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