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Ex-offenders can become successful entrepreneurs – here’s what the prisons minister should do to make it happen

  • Written by Norin Arshed, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, University of Strathclyde
Ex-offenders can become successful entrepreneurs – here’s what the prisons minister should do to make it happenFinding a job can be difficult for ex-offenders but entrepreneurship can be a route to employment.SofikoS/Shutterstock

James Timpson, former CEO of the high street cobbler and keycutter that bears his family name, was appointed this summer as the UK’s new minister for prisons, probation and reducing re-offending.

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