Our Modern Slavery Policy

Policy statement

Our business, Coteq Solutions Limited is committed to combatting slavery and human trafficking in its business and supply chains, and we make this statement to assist with compliance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

This statement relates to the financial year ending 30^th September 2024

As our business has a turnover of less than £36 million, we do not have a legal obligation to produce a modern slavery statement. However:

1. We agree that exploitation within all supply chains ending in the UK is a blight on our society, and we are committed to playing our part in eliminating exploitation;
2. We understand that customers with obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 cannot comply with those duties without our cooperation.

To that end, we confirm that we have examined our own business and, to the extent that it is reasonably practicable, businesses within our supply chain and we confirm the following:

• We confirm that within our own business, no relevant offence relating to slavery or human tracking has been committed.
• We have made enquiries of businesses that supply directly to us and we are confident that no relevant offence is committed in that business.
• Insofar as it was reasonably practicable, we have examined our supply chains and confirm that we found no evidence of slavery or human trafficking

Further details about our business and supply chain are provided below.

Our Business

Our business provides technical consultancy and project support services to our clients.

Our business structure is:

• One Company Director
• 2 Full time PAYE employees (as of 01/10/2020)
• Company has 5 different business units (‘Solutions’):
  • Coteq Services – Technical Consultancy (currently 1 PAYE Employee + Director),
  • Coteq Systems – Product design and training courses (currently dormant)
  • Coteq Integration – Systems Integration (currently dormant)
  • Coteq Virtual Services – Remote Project and Administration support (currently 1 PAYE Employee)
  • Coteq Support Services – IT support function (currently dormant)

We operate in the following countries:

• UK

Our Supply Chain

Our supply chain is as follows:

As we are a consultancy, we only supply Coteq Solutions employees or Directors to our clients therefore as such do not have any suppliers.

Our Coteq Solutions employment process requires background checks including assessment of country of residence and right to work in the UK documentation.

Where it is reasonably practicable, we ensure that businesses in our supply chain have made a similar statement relating to slavery and human trafficking.

The person in our business responsible for assessing matters relating to slavery and human trafficking is: Simon Jones (Director)

We also encourage all employees to report on any matters relating to slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains of which they become aware.

It is the Company’s view that the promotion of remote working arrangements increases staff motivation, reduces employee stress, improves employee performance and productivity and encourages staff retention.