Joules Founder Honoured With OBE

The founder of Market Harborough-based clothing retailer Joules has been recognised in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Honours List.

Tom Joule been awarded an OBE for services to business.

Tom Joule Pic: Supplied

Tom founded Joules in 1989 in the fields of Great Britain when he began selling clothing on a stand at a country show in Leicestershire.

The business has since grown to a multi-channel lifestyle brand delivering annual sales of almost £200m, with more than 140 stores across the UK and a total active customer base of more than 1.9m.

Joules employs over 1,700 people and is the biggest employer in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, where the business has operated since day one.