Ask John: Having ex-offenders on the team has proved an unqualified success

Writing in the ‘small business’ section of Telegraph Connect, part of The Telegraph, John Timpson (chairman of Timpson) responds to a question about how other companies could start recruiting former prisoners like Timpson have: Thirteen years after my son and Timpson chief executive, James, took on our first recruit from prison, we now employ more […]

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Timpson – Their application form

We thought we’d flag up the application form of Timpson. Timpson application form, July 2016 Timpson ask about criminal convictions on their application form. As an employer, they are well-known for recruiting people with convictions, so this section is less likely to put people off applying (which is one of the reasons why it’s important […]

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