Topshop founder Sir Ralph Halpbern dies aged 83
Halpern began his career as a trainee at Selfridges, and would later go on to become ‘one of the most high-profile business figures of the Thatcher era’

Sir Ralph Halpern, the founder of Topshop who was described as a driving force behind British retail in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 83.