Richard Joseph

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Richard Joseph is the managing director of kitchenware company Joseph Joseph.

Career

Joseph started kitchenware company Joseph Joseph with his twin brother Antony in 2003. Both brothers had trained and worked in product design, and helped their father in their grandfather's company which produced everything from vehicle wing mirrors to fridge shelves.[1]

In 2003 the twins decided to go alone and founded Joseph Joseph. The company has grown to having sales of £35.6 million of sales and a £9.7 million pre-tax profit in the financial year 2012/2013.

Richard works as the managing director and Antony as design director.[2]

Letter to the Telegraph

On 1 April 2015 Joseph was one of 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph praising the British Conservative Party's economic policies and claiming a Labour government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.[3]

Notes

  1. Joseph Joseph About, accessed 3 April 2015.
  2. Katie Hope The twins powering kitchenware firm Joseph Joseph BBC News, 12 May 2014, accessed 3 April 2015.
  3. Peter Dominiczak, 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery, Telegraph, 3 April 2015.