Modern Slavery Statement

Under the UK’s Modern Slavery Act 2015, we are required to publish a Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement for each financial year, describing what steps have been taken to address the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our own operations or our supply chain. 

ANTI-SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT

For the purpose of this document the following companies, which are all associated with each other, will be referred to as “William Morgan Group”.

North Oxford Garage Ltd 

Wollaston Motors Ltd

The William Morgan Group is fully committed to understanding the risks of modern slavery.

In accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015 this statement outlines the steps taken by the William Morgan Group to prevent slavery and human trafficking from occurring in our company or supply chains.

The William Morgan Group operates BMW and MINI franchises in Oxfordshire and Northampton. The activity of the business includes the sale and servicing of BMW and MINI vehicles, the sale of Parts and a BMW approved Bodyshop. The William Morgan Group maintains relationships with many different organisations in our supply chains and employs approximately 300 people.

The functions across the William Morgan Group are:

new and used vehicle sales

facilitating financing vehicles and providing insurance products

vehicle servicing, repair and MOT testing

parts and accessories sales

corporate sales

carrying out accident repairs

head Office support functions including Accounts, Marketing and Human Resources

Our Supply chains

The automotive supply chain is one of the most complicated of any industry. There are often six to ten levels of suppliers between the car manufacturer and the source of raw materials that enter the manufacturing process. The William Morgan Group has a zero tolerance approach to slavery and human trafficking and is committed to ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of the business. The William Morgan Group expects all our suppliers to be committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking.

This Anti-Slavery Statement underpins the William Morgan Group’s anti-slavery and human trafficking policy and reflects our commitment to put in place systems and controls which ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in the business or related supply chains.

Due Diligence

The William Morgan Group sources and sells products and parts from a broad range of national and international suppliers. Due to the breadth of our businesses and supply chains The William Morgan Group is not in a position to check every business relationship and avenue. The principal areas in which there is a risk of human trafficking and slavery are those related to our supply chains. The William Morgan Group takes a risk based approach in assessing our potential exposure to slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains

Although the William Morgan Group recognises our statutory obligation to take practical steps to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking from occurring in our supply chains, the William Morgan Group is not able to control the conduct of individuals and organisations in our supply chains.

The practical steps which the William Morgan Group intends to take are as follows:

Conduct risk assessments to determine which parts of the business and which suppliers are most at risk of modern slavery so that efforts can be focused on those areas.

Engage with those suppliers identified as potentially at risk in order to communicate to them our Anti-Slavery Policy and to understand what measures they have taken to ensure modern slavery is not occurring in their businesses.

Ensure all business activity complies with minimum wage legislation and to ensure that this requirement is met by all our contractors who are identified by the William Morgan Group as potentially at risk.

Ensure all William Morgan Group employees have the right to work in the UK and to ensure that this requirement, to only employ staff with the right to work in the UK, is met by all our UK contractors who are identified by the William Morgan Group as potentially at risk

In the event the William Morgan Group becomes aware of any instances of non-compliance from our suppliers, each instance will be investigated and assessed by the William Morgan Group on a case by case basis. Remedial action will be taken appropriate to the circumstances of each case. The William Morgan Group will temporarily suspend our business (to the extent permitted under contract or by law) with any supplier who it suspects of non-compliance. If a supplier continually fails to comply, then the ultimate sanction will be for the William Morgan Group to cease to trade with that supplier (to the extent as permitted under contract or by law).

Training

This statement and our Anti-Slavery Policy will be communicated to all employees and be included in the William Morgan Group induction, to ensure a high level of understanding of the company’s zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business and our commitment to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking from occurring in our business and supply chains.

The William Morgan Group operates a number of policies and procedures which promote and enforce the company’s zero tolerance approach in order to reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking from occurring. These policies and procedures form are reviewed regularly and include:

Modern Slavery Policy

Equal Opportunities Policy

Recruitment Policy

Grievance Policy

Whistleblowing Policy

Anti-corruption and bribery Policy

Anti-harassment and Bullying Policy

Statement Publication and Review

From the financial year ending 31st December 2022 the William Morgan Group Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement will be posted on the William Morgan Group’s individual company’s websites’. Following its initial adoption, this Anti-Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement will be reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors on an annual basis and will be published no later than the publication of our annual financial results.

William Le Fevre

Group Managing Director

31st December 2022