Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement.
We are a privately owned, full-service marketing agency. As a smaller business, we are not required by law to publish a statement under section 54 of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. We publish this statement voluntarily because we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity, and because we want our clients and partners to understand our position.
This statement sets out the steps taken by VisualEye Limited (trading as Switch Digital) and its subsidiary Switch Digital (UK) Limited (together, “we”, “our” or the “Group”) to understand and address the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chain.
Our business
VisualEye Limited is registered in Jersey, Channel Islands (registered number 89477) and trades as Switch Digital. Switch Digital (UK) Limited is its UK-registered subsidiary, which supports the delivery of the Group’s services.
We provide creative, brand and design; communications and marketing; website and digital product development; and digital marketing services. Our clients contract with VisualEye Limited.
Our supply chain
Our supply chain is small and, in our assessment, low risk. It consists mainly of professional and digital service providers based in Jersey, the United Kingdom and the European Union — for example, software, hosting and cloud platforms, advertising and media platforms, and freelance creative and technical specialists. We do not manufacture goods, and we do not operate in the sectors or geographies most commonly associated with modern slavery risk.
We recognise that no supply chain is entirely without risk, and we remain alert to risk as our business and the parties we work with change over time.
Steps we take
Given our size and risk profile, we take proportionate and practical steps rather than maintaining the large-scale due-diligence programmes expected of major corporations. In particular:
Right to work. We carry out right-to-work checks on all members of staff before they begin working with us.
Fair pay. We pay all staff at or above the applicable minimum or living wage, and we treat our people fairly.
Suppliers and freelancers. We vet and screen the key suppliers and freelancers we engage, and we expect those we work with to act lawfully and ethically.
Raising concerns. We provide a route for staff and others to raise concerns, including any concern relating to modern slavery, and we take any such concern seriously.
Policies and next steps
We have not yet formalised our approach into written policies. As part of our commitment to continual improvement, we intend to put in place an anti-slavery and ethical conduct policy, a recruitment and right-to-work policy, and a supplier code of conduct, and to make staff aware of them. We will describe our progress in future versions of this statement.
Assessing our effectiveness
As we are a small team, responsibility for these matters sits with our Board, who keep our practices under review. We are not aware of any incident of modern slavery or human trafficking in our business or supply chain. We will continue to monitor our supply chain and update our approach as our business grows.