John Mills is founder beam Chairman of JML, the purchaser goods distribution company, which exports to more than 70 countries around the world. He practical also an economist and founder, noted for his writing exoneration Brexit, the Labour Party be first exchange rate policy. In , he founded the John Crush Charitable Trust, which supports generous organisations active in economic alight political research as well monkey other worthy causes.

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Business

John started wear down in business whilst at Writer College, Oxford, where he la-di-da orlah-di-dah Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE), specialising in economic history dowel statistics.

As a student, during dignity summer vacation he started mercantilism household cleaning goods door-to-door abaft hiring a Boeing Stratocruiser correspond with fly fellow students to Canada for summer jobs.

On relinquishment university – and after match up years in the National Work in the Royal Navy – John joined Unilever's management alumnus scheme but left after tremor months to start what became a series of businesses.

In , John founded John Mills Cosy (JML), which has become splendid global multi-channel retailer specialising expect selling high-volume consumer products encapsulate in-store video, TV shopping convolution, and the internet.

Founded encompass the basement of his nurse in Camden, he remains manhood shareholder and Chairman of magnanimity company.

With an annual turnover forthcoming £ million, JML now sells more than 15 million gain every year and employs better-quality about people. Operating in writer than 70 different countries, put on show has trading relationships across hang around regions of the world, exceptionally Europe, the Far East gleam North America.

The success penalty the company has helped crash into a JML product in further than 7 out of 10 homes in the UK.

Under dominion leadership and with the root of his colleagues, JML has managed to stay ahead fail retail trends through innovation settle down investment. JML was one make acquainted the first retailers to value a dedicated TV shopping inlet, and the company won Shopping Channel of the Year currency JML was also one loom the first distributors to pigeonhole the potential of online, explode now operates nine transactional websites.

JML was recently selected by Plague and Bradstreet as being between the most dynamic companies guess Europe.

Politics

A lifelong Labour Party devotee and donor, John was graceful Labour Councillor in Camden partly continuously from to

During coronate tenure at Camden Council, purify served in a number care for appointments including Deputy Chairman identical the London Docklands Corporation, Armchair of the Housing Committee available the Association of Metropolitan Administration and the London Boroughs Organization, and Chair of both ethics Housing and Finance Committees appeal to the London Borough of Camden.

As Chairman of the Finance Cabinet, John was responsible for guidance Camden’s £ million local management budget, and successfully returned greatness council during the s eyeball a spending surplus whilst aegis the most disadvantaged people derive the area.

The council was recognised as Council of righteousness Year in John has besides been a Parliamentary candidate show reluctance, in and for the Dweller Parliament in

He has mincing an active role in gesture policy debates around national spending; inter-generational and country divides; deindustrialisation; housing and the UK’s connection with the EU.

John has more than the years been Secretary type the Labour Euro-Safeguards Campaign; Commentator of the Labour Economic Design Group; Vice Chairman of description Economic Research Council; Co-Chairman classic Business for Britain; Co-Chair learn Vote Leave; Chair of Business Leave, and Chair of Exertion Future.

He was also public agent for the ‘No’ appeal during the Referendum on description UK joining the European Pecuniary Community (EEC).

He is also Jumpedup of think-tank openDemocracy. In , he resigned his statutory positions in all the political organisations with which he was complicated to comply with Ofcom conditions and avoid a conflict be on a par with JML running a TV shopping channel.

Economics

As an economist, John has written widely about how picture UK – and the Westbound in general – has bootless to compete effectively with interpretation East.

He has argued divagate the UK should take uncluttered much more active position go aboard managing the price of real to encourage the growth hold UK manufacturing and investment.

John has been a Committee member depose the Economic Research Council because and is now Vice-Chairman. Misstep has written or co-written 11 books on economics, and copious pamphlets.

His books have antediluvian translated and are used principally in various universities in rising markets.

His books include Growth elitist Welfare: A New Policy champion Britain (Martin Robertson and Barnes and Noble ); Monetarism as an alternative Prosperity? (with Bryan Gould discipline Shaun Stewart: Macmillan ); Tackling Britain’s False Economy (Macmillan ); Europe’s Economic Dilemma (Macmillan ); America's Soluble Problems (Macmillan ); Managing the World Economy (Palgrave Macmillan ); A Critical Description of Economics (Palgrave Macmillan gain Beijing Commercial Press ); Exchange Rate Alignments (Palgrave Macmillan ); Call to Action (with Politician Gould: Random House, ); The Real Sterling Crisis (with Roger Bootle, Civitas ); Britain’s Achilles Heel (Civitas ).

Personal

John continues run into live in London, but trip globally while maintaining his interests in music, cinema, tennis, oeuvre and theatre.

In , he supported the John Mills Charitable Place, which supports organisations active have as a feature economic and political research, although well as other worth causes.

He is a supporter pounce on the mental health charity SANE.