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Ethical Trading Policy Summary Statement At Packaging Plus, we bel ieve strongly in ethical pr inciples and good stewardship. We are therefore proud to guarantee that we trade according to the fol lowing Ethical Trading cr i ter ia:

1. Al l employment is freely chosen.2. Working condit ions are safe and hygienic. 3. Child labour is not used. 4. Wages are fair and comparable to industry standard and wil l always exceed the minimum wage. 5. Deductions from wages as a discipl inary measure shal l not be permitted. 6. Working hours are not excessive. 7. No discrimination is practised. 8. Regular employment is provided for those who are employed on a permanent contract. 9. No harsh, cruel or degrading treatment or practices are al lowed. 10. No bribery, corruption, blackmail ing or bul lying is permitted. 11. Third Party Suppliers and buyers are both free to sel l and buy from any number of other businesses. No restrict ions, as a way of guaranteeing business, are al lowed. We also ask al l our suppliers to aff irm in writ ing to us that their businesses are also built on these ethical criteria. We have developed a ful l pol icy statement outl ining how we expect our practice to develop in order to be able to offer strong guarantees to our customers that the services they receive from us have been ethical ly designed, managed and implemented.

Paper Sourcing

Other divisions within the Packaging Plus Group:

www.customprinted.co.uk www.pr int ing-on.co.uk www.love-from.co.uk

www.cater ing-disposables.co.uk

Packaging Plus’ pol icy is to source paper products from pulp obtained from managed sustainable forests, (FSC) and from paper mi l ls which meet ISO14001 environmental standards. I t is current ly extremely di ff icul t to be certain of the exact source of a l l pulp, and as with social accountabi l i ty standards, i t is Packaging Plus’ pol icy to work within the industry to progressively improve traceabi l i ty and accountabi l i ty in this area.

The Forest Stewardship CouncilFSC is an independent, non-governmental , not-for-prof i t organizat ion establ ished to promote the responsible management of the world’s forests.

Establ ished in 1993 as a response to concerns over global deforestat ion, FSC is widely regarded as one of the most important in i t iat ives of the last decade to promote responsible forest management worldwide.

The FSC label provides a credible l ink between responsible product ion and consumption, enabl ing consumers and businesses to make purchasing decis ions that benef i t people and the environment as wel l as providing ongoing business value.

FSC provides a cert i f icat ion system with internat ional ly recognized standard-sett ing, t rademark assurance and accreditat ion services to companies, organizat ions and communit ies interested in responsible forestry.

FSC is nat ional ly represented in more than 50 countr ies around the world. Website: www.fsc.org

taking care of the environment

NOTE: All size dimensions are in millimetres

Overview

Packaging plus was established in 1991 as main distributors of packaging products and materials as well as custom printed promotional carrier bags. The Directors were aware of a need to have a specialized printed packaging firm in Mid Wales to supply the area’s manufacturers with products to fulfill their needs, whether for plain or printed to meet specific technical requirements.

The firm also quickly established as one of the main suppliers of printed carrier bags for the exhibition industry throughout the United Kingdom. “Quality customer service” remains paramount in all the firm’s activities to such a point where many of our customers have remained loyal ever since the firm’s humble beginnings. We are proud to serve some of the Country’s most prominent businesses names and promotional firms and are known for providing consistently high standards in customer care, service and value for money.

The Company With over 4,000 items available from central stocks, Packaging Plus continues to work with many of the United Kingdom’s leading manufacturers to offer quality industry leading products on a same day dispatch basis, delivered to our customers throughout the country. We specialise in probably, the United Kingdom’s widest ranges of carriers bags, featuring all the main styles in polythene, paper and eco bags, we can offer the capacity to produce in excess of 2 million printed carrier bags each week – in quantities as little as 1,000 pieces!

Why Packaging Plus? One of the main benefits of dealing with Packaging Plus is our ability to to turn around orders at breakneck speed.

This enables our customers to have greater stock control and confidence that deadlines are met in good time.

Over the years Packaging Plus has developed strong trading links with factories world wide and can offer our customers probably the widest ranges of carrier bags styles in the UK.

Packaging Plus - The future? Despite the current economic downturn, Packaging Plus has extensive plans in place for further development commencing 2013. We aim to develop a new 50,000 Call Centre, State of the art warehouse and distribution centre and offer a one stop shop covering all paper, polythene,cardboard boxes, industrial packaging and catering disposables – plain and printed to serve our retail, manufacturing and local authority customers.

This new complex will feature on site printing facilities using state of the art machinery and will be able to work with our customers to manufacture in houseleading packaging, print and promotional solutions.