The chief executive of the Manchester-based Timpson shoe repair chain has described receiving an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours as “a real privilege”. James Timpson masterminded Timpson's ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Shortly after James Timpson took over the eponymous key-cutting and shoe-mending firm from his father in 2002, ...

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