Timpson

The Timpson Group Installs Position Imaging’s iPickup UPS Access Point To its first retail store—Simplifying Courier Package Pickup and Drop-Off (PUDO)

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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
E-commerce, Partnership, Timpson, Industry, CEO, Technology, Pickup, GLOBE, Point, AI, From Negative Stereotype to Positive Image, Online shopping, Warehouse

Timpson was established in 1865 and is family owned and run by John Timpson as Chairman and James Timpson as Chief Executive.

Key Points: 
  • Timpson was established in 1865 and is family owned and run by John Timpson as Chairman and James Timpson as Chief Executive.
  • Timpson is a legendary retailer focused on providing world-class service to their communities to help make their customers lives easier.
  • As package delivery volume continues to increase, Timpson recognized that leveraging Position Imagings innovative technology for courier package pickup and drop-off within the Timpson stores is just one more way to best serve their customers.
  • The iPickup Courier Access Point is a new, secure package management system that uses AI-based computer vision technology to provide convenient, efficient, and intuitive self-service package PickUp and Drop-Off (PUDO).

MPs debate Timpson review of school exclusions

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Timpson, Today

Statement from Education Secretary Damian Hinds

Key Points: 
  • Education Secretary Damian Hinds has made a statement to the House of Commons on the Timpson Review of exclusions.
  • The review, led by former children's minister Edward Timpson, looked at school exclusions.
  • Published today, it makes 30 recommendations to the Governmenton how todeal with this issue.
  • In his statement to the House, the Secretary of State outlined how the Government intends to respond to the Review, thanking Edward Timpson and setting out measures to work with schools, teachers and authorities tocare forchildren at risk of exclusion.

MPs debate Timpson review of school exclusions

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, May 8, 2019
Timpson, Today

Statement from Education Secretary Damian Hinds

Key Points: 
  • Education Secretary Damian Hinds has made a statement to the House of Commons on the Timpson Review of exclusions.
  • The review, led by former children's minister Edward Timpson, looked at school exclusions.
  • Published today, it makes 30 recommendations to the Governmenton how todeal with this issue.
  • In his statement to the House, the Secretary of State outlined how the Government intends to respond to the Review, thanking Edward Timpson and setting out measures to work with schools, teachers and authorities tocare forchildren at risk of exclusion.

Committee take evidence from Jake Berry and John Timpson in High Streets inquiry

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Tuesday, January 8, 2019
John Timpson, Knights Bachelor, Jake Berry, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Timpson, High Street, Government, England, Constitution of the United Kingdom

The Committee concludes inquiry into the future of high streets and town centres

Key Points: 
  • The Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee conclude their inquiry into the future of high street and town centres on Tuesday 8 January when they take evidence from Jake Berry MP, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth; and Sir John Timpson, Chair of the Expert Advisory Panel on High Streets, and owner of shoe repair chain Timpson.
  • The Committee will question the Minister on the key themes that have emerged over the inquiry and the effectiveness on Government policy to support high streets.
  • The session will also ask Sir John Timpson about the findings and recommendations of the High Street Report, produced by the Expert Advisory Panel on High Streets, including proposals for the creation of a dedicated taskforce and fund to provide financial support, advocacy and share best practice and data.
  • Jake Berry, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

DigiCert Joins the Sovrin Foundation as a Founding Steward

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Blockchains, Certificate authorities, Hyperledger, Cryptography, Cryptocurrencies, DigiCert, Timpson, Computing, Technology

"Our initiative with the Sovrin Foundation builds upon that experience and provides real value in advancing reliable identity and trust for today's and tomorrow's connected technologies seeking to use blockchain."

Key Points: 
  • "Our initiative with the Sovrin Foundation builds upon that experience and provides real value in advancing reliable identity and trust for today's and tomorrow's connected technologies seeking to use blockchain."
  • Timpson noted that DigiCert is also contributing developer resources to the open source Sovrin codebase, which is administered by Hyperledger as Project Indy.
  • According to Timpson, DigiCert plans to lean on its extensive experience building large-scale PKI-based authentication systems to improve the security of the data written to the Sovrin ledger.
  • "DigiCert is a company built upon the premise that the challenges of digital security and identity can be solved in intuitive and human ways," said Heather C. Dahl, executive director of the Sovrin Foundation.