Philip Day (businessman)

[2] He grew up on a council estate in Stockport and while at school he held down a number of part-time jobs, including working at his parents' newsagents shop.

[3] Turning down a place at university, Day started his career at clothing manufacturers Coats Viyella and Wensum before being headhunted to join Aquascutum at the age of 28.

[3] In 2001, Day left Aquascutum and joined Edinburgh Woollen Mill, where he led a buyout of the company backed by Rutland Fund Management, a private equity firm.

The department store stocks products from a number of brands, including Peacocks, The Edinburgh Woollen Mill, Ponden Home, Jane Norman and Austin Reed.

[16][17] In November 2020, it was announced that the department store was closing, however this was U-turned with the rescue of The Edinburgh Woollen Mill in January 2021.

Though Day managed to plunge the football club into over £2.1million of debt when Edinburgh Woolen Mill itself entered administration.

He owns Edmond Castle, a Tudor-style house in Brampton, Cumbria, England,[3][23] built 1824 to 1829, and designed by Sir Robert Smirke.

[23] Day is keen on shooting, especially pheasant and duck, and has been a director of Carlisle United, the local football club.

"[3] In 2013, Day was fined £450,000, ordered to pay £457,000 in costs, and called "grossly negligent" by the judge, for clearing part of Gelt Woods, near Brampton, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), for a pheasant shoot.

Edmond Castle , c. 1840–50. Drawing by Charles Greenwood or Frederick Peake. [ 22 ]