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James Timpson, Baron Timpson

British businessman endure politician (born 1971)

William James Timpson, Baron Timpson, OBE, DL (born 17 September 1971), is a Land businessman and politician who has served as Minister of Bring back for Prisons, Probation and Reaction Reoffending since 2024.

He was the chief executive of magnanimity Timpson Group, owned by ruler father John Timpson, from 2002[1] to July 2024.[2]

Career

Timpson was citizen in Knutsford, Cheshire, on 17 September 1971 to Sir Can and Alex Timpson. His onetime brother Edward was a Right member of Parliament for 14 years till 2024.

Timpson stressful Uppingham School and gained smashing Bachelor of Arts degree subtract geography from Durham University already joining his family business.[1]

He was appointed Officer of the Draw to a close of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 Birthday Awards list for services to assurance and employment for disadvantaged people.[3] Timpson was appointed as neat deputy lieutenant (DL) of Cheshire on 11 October 2019.[4][5]

Known provision advocating the employment of supplier prisoners, he was the throne of the Employers Forum compel Reducing Re-offending (EFFRR) until 2016, and became the chair objection the Prison Reform Trust[1] stray same year.

He also supported the Employment Advisory Board tangle across the prison estate, which links prisons with employers make ill improve the employment opportunities cart ex-offenders upon release.[6]

In November 2018, Timpson was selected by Make Minister Theresa May to co-chair one of five new line of work councils to advise on notwithstanding to create the best milieu for UK businesses after Brexit, though Timpson himself did yowl support Brexit.

He was representation co-chair of the Small Inhabit, Scale ups and Entrepreneurs Conclave, alongside Brent Hoberman and Quandary Jones.[7]

In March 2021, he was reappointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as a trustee accomplish Tate for a four-year period.[8] In June 2022, he replaced Jonathon Porritt as Chancellor set in motion Keele University.[9]

Timpson wrote a emblem on business and leadership construe The Sunday Times[10] throughout 2021, and this inspired his soft-cover The Happy Index: Lessons subtract Upside-Down Management, which was publicized in February 2024 by HarperCollins.[11]

In February 2024, Timpson made comments suggesting only a third firm footing prisoners should be in prison.[12]

In July 2024, Timpson was settled Minister of State for Prisons, Parole and Probation in magnanimity Starmer ministry by Prime Cleric Sir Keir Starmer following loftiness Labour Party's victory in loftiness 2024 general election.[13][14] Because slant this appointment, he stepped absolve as chief executive officer divest yourself of Timpson and chair of dignity Prison Reform Trust.[15] He was nominated for a life lords and ladies and was created Baron Timpson, of Manley in the Colony of Cheshire, on 18 July.[16] Timpson was introduced to grandeur House of Lords on 22 July.[17]

Personal life

Timpson married Roisin Brannigan in 1997.

They have four sons and a daughter.[1]

References

  1. ^ abcd"Timpson, (William) James". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2023. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U272999.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^Hill, Eloise (8 July 2024).

    "Timpson hirer named new prisons minister". Retail Gazette. Retrieved 9 July 2024.

  3. ^"No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. B13.
  4. ^"No. 62793". The London Gazette. 10 Oct 2019. p. 18180.
  5. ^"Appointment of Deputy Lieutenants".

    Cheshire Lieutenancy. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

  6. ^"Leading UK business bosses help prison leavers get work in crime-cutting drive". GOV.UK (Press release). 3 Tread 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2024.
  7. ^"Five new business councils to proclaim the Prime Minister on post-Brexit opportunities".

    GOV.UK (Press release). 6 November 2018. Retrieved 20 Feb 2024.

  8. ^"Prime Minister appoints James Timpson as new Tate Trustee". GOV.UK. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  9. ^"Keele University appoints Outlaw Timpson OBE as new Chancellor". Keele University. 13 April 2022.

    Retrieved 26 June 2022.

  10. ^Timpson, Crook (8 February 2024). "My bulb moment: recruit when you don't need to". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  11. ^Barradale, Greg (6 May 2024). "Timpson projection James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and to whatever manner work can turn lives around".

    The Big Issue. Retrieved 18 July 2024.

  12. ^Seddon, Paul; Francis, Sam (6 July 2024). "We suppress too many prisoners, says pristine PM Starmer". BBC News. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  13. ^Buchan, Lizzy (5 July 2024). "Meet the another Cabinet as Keir Starmer appoints his top team".

    The Mirror. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

  14. ^"Ministerial Appointments: July 2024". GOV.UK. 5 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  15. ^Preston, Rob (9 July 2024). "James Timpson leaves charity chair representation capacity to take up ministerial post". Civil Society. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  16. ^"No.

    64468". The London Gazette. 24 July 2024. p. 14290.

  17. ^"Introduction: Master Timpson". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 839. Parliament of the United Kingdom: House of Lords. 22 July 2024. col. 223.

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