John Bancroft

John Bancroft is an English businessman, based in Derbyshire, United Kingdom. He was awarded a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire as part of Queen Elizabeth's 2013 Birthday Honours for his services to business in Nottinghamshire. Bancroft is the founder, managing director and chairman of UK-based Badgemaster. He is also founder and chairman of the Badgemaster Group. His work in the Nottinghamshire area, led to his company receiving Nottinghamshire County Council's first "Bridge to Work" Award in 1997. Career John Bancroft started his career in the corporate clothing industry, working for Sketchley Services as their National Sales Manager. After working at Sketchley, Bancroft decided that there was a gap in the market for quality badges, as many of the badges at the time were imports of a low quality. In 1992, Bancroft founded Badgemaster with his wife Vicky. In the early days, the Nottinghamshire based company traded from a small portacabin with a single employee.