Founder of the British-made fashion brand, David Nieper, and his son, Christopher Nieper, have been honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2014 ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards, for their outstanding contribution to British fashion and the home shopping industry.

The father and son team, which recently invested in a plant of Shima Seiki machines to manufacture its own knitwear, was recognised at a gala awards ceremony at the Hurlingham Club, London, for their 50 year commitment to British-designed and British-made fashion and building of the successful David Nieper brand.

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L-R: SKY News anchor Dermot Murnaghan presents the Lifetime Achievement award to Christopher Nieper, Nigel Swabey President of the CatEX Direct Commerce Association, Christopher Nieper managing director of David Nieper