john bancroft victoria bancroft headquarters newstead nottinghamshire united kingdom products badges number of employees 105 2015 1 website badgemaster.co.uk badgemaster is a british based business that manufactures badges based near nottingham united kingdom . the company was founded and is owned by john bancroft . 2 the company has received a number of notable awards including the bridge to work award in 1997 following its work in the nottinghamshire community . 3 contents 1 history 2 royal appointments & honours 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded in 1992 by john and vicky bancroft . 4 in the first year of operation it was reported that the company operated from a portacabin in nottinghamshire . 2 the company was founded after bancroft spent a number of years in the corporate clothing industry . 5 in 1993 the company moved to a purpose built factory on the site of the former newstead colliery . the company have remained on this site and have extended the factory to its present 12 500 square foot . 6 in 1997 badgemaster received an award from nottinghamshire county council following its job creation and staff training in the area . at the time it was quoted that a number of the staff members lived within the local community of newstead nottinghamshire . nottinghamshire county council quoted that the company had become an integral part of the community and awarded badgemaster with the inaugural bridge to work award . 7 before the establishment of badgemaster in the area it was widely reported that job opportunities were lacking in newstead nottinghamshire . newstead was formerly known as newstead colliery village and suffered large scale unemployment following the closure of the mines during the 1980s which were widespread throughout in the united kingdom . 5 the company began to work with the british royal family in 2006 . 4 badgemaster expanded over the following years working with a number of major brands becoming one of the largest badge manufactures and providers in europe . 8 in 2010 the british standards institute accredited the badgemaster factory with iso 9001 for their quality management standards and in 2013 accredited the company to iso14001 for their environmental standards . badgemaster were the first company in the badge manufacturing industry to gain this accreditation . 9 2 in 2013 the company founder was awarded a member of the most excellent order of the british empire otherwise known as an mbe . 10 the announcement had come a number of months prior . 11 badgemaster announced a takeover of the scottish based akorn badge company one of their major uk competitors in 2014 . 12 13 following the takeover of the company the operations were moved to badgemaster s nottinghamshire headquarters . akorn had been part of the badge market for over 30 years before the badgemaster acquisition . 14 in 2016 the company received three awards at the professional clothing awards . the awards included best it innovation made in the uk award and best manufacturer distributor . 8 royal appointments & honours edit since the company s foundation they have received a number of honours from the british royal family . their association with the british royals started in 2006 when badgemaster received a royal warrant of appointment . 4 badgemaster s work in the community led to the company founder was awarded a member of the most excellent order of the british empire as part of queen elizabeth s birthday honours . 11 references edit baker richard 10 september 2015 . badge makers happy to make a top name . nottingham post . retrieved 22 september 2016 . a b c baker richard 23 july 2013 . wearing the badge with pride . nottingham post . retrieved 22 september 2016 . a badge of honour badgemaster founder gets mbe from queen . grocery trader . 7 july 2013 . retrieved 22 september 2016 . a b c johnson robin october 5 2013 . badge of honour at palace for john . derby telegraph . a b critcher paul june 2013 . john bancroft director of badgemaster the industry s leading name badge provider appointed an mbe 27 . director e magazine . p. 3 . about us . badgemasters . retrieved 22 september 2016 . beighton helen august 20 2014 . badge firm take over deal brings jobs boost . mansfield chad . p. 25 . a b toulson gemma 28 june 2016 . badge of honour for notts firm . nottingham post . retrieved 22 september 2016 . gildart callum march 19 2013 . badgemaster gains environmental accreditation . hotel owner . the queen s birthday honours for yorkshire lincolnshire north derbyshire and north nottinghamshire . itv . 15 june 2013 . a b williams rob 14 june 2013 . the queen s birthday honours list in full . the independent . hipwell deirdre august 21 2014 . badgemaster pins its name on scottish rival . the times . jobs go in badge firm takeover . the herald . 21 august 2014 . badge boss pins hopes on growth with takeover . derby telegraph . august 20 2014 . external links edit official website 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