The Big Interview: ‘A brand doesn’t have to come out of Paris, London or New York, it can come out of a small little village’ – Joe Queenan, managing director of Foxford Woollen Mills

The gates closed on Foxford Woollen Mills in 1987, but the business was rescued by Joe Queenan, one of the receivership team, who put together a package that saved the firm and made it the successful enterprise it is today

Joe Queenan, managing director of Foxford Woollen Mills: ‘We had to modernise, we had to try and become a lifestyle brand.’ Picture: Michael McLaughlin