James Timpson, 52 years old, was known as the CEO of one of the largest retail service chains, Timpson Group, founded by his great-grandfather and shoemaker William in 1865, with over 2,000 stores ...

"Let's talk cobblers," said Ian Acheson in The Spectator. The country's "shoe mender-in-chief" has been named minister for prisons. Keir Starmer's appointment of Timpson Group CEO James Timpson, a ...

William Wallis in Lewes. Published July 10 2024. Jump to comments section Print this page. ... In 2012 James Timpson set up a training academy for prisoners at HMP Blantyre House, Kent.

James Timpson runs the nationwide chain that cuts keys, repairs shoes, and performs dry cleaning and laundry services. He has been appointed Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation ...

James Timpson, the recently appointed Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation, has stepped down from his position as chief executive of the Timpson shoe repair chain. In a statement on LinkedIn, ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. James Timpson could be visiting one of the many shoe repair shops or dry cleaners owned by the eponymous family ...

We need more of them. Unsurprisingly, Labour’s newly appointed Prisons Minister James Timpson doesn’t agree. A key-cutting CEO turned prison reformer, he has a history of employing former inmates.

James Timpson: Well, we’re building 14,000 more prison places, so there are going to be more people in prison than when I started this job. And we need to build those, and we need to build them ...

For a penal reform lobby accustomed to a diet of “get tough” policies from the Tories and Labour alike, the appointment of one of their own, James Timpson, as prisons and probation minister was a bolt ...

His grandfather and founder of Timpson, William, was ousted from the company in 1973 after EDS Group acquired the company. James’s father, John, ...

"Let's talk cobblers," said Ian Acheson in The Spectator. The country's "shoe mender-in-chief" has been named minister for prisons. Keir Starmer's appointment of Timpson Group CEO James Timpson, a ...