Fairfax & Favor among the fastest-growing UK companies

Fairfax & Favor was founded in 2013 by Marcus Fairfax Fountaine and Felix Favor Parker, who both grew up as farmer's sons in Norfolk and went to Stowe School together. 

Based at Narford Hall near Swaffham, the company built up a following at country shows and sporting events around the UK.

Zara Tindall is a customer of Fairfax and Favor (Image: Steven Paston/PA Wire for The Jockey Club)

The brand opened its first store in Holt in 2019 and has since opened four more in the Cotswolds, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Fairfax & Favor has seen a 61pc growth in annual sales over the last three years and £35.5million in total sales.

Co-founder Marcus Fairfax Fountaine said: “We are so grateful to have been recognised as one of the fastest growing companies in the country, and even more excited to continue that growth into the next decade.

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"Since launching the brand in 2013, we have always stayed true to our passion for creating the highest quality footwear but with a stylish design, setting us apart from other brands.

"Our ever-loyal customer base has, and always will be, at the heart of everything we do at Fairfax & Favor and we owe our success over the past 10 years to all of our customers, from those who have been with us from the beginning to those who have joined along the way.

Fairfax & Favor counts Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke as one of its customers (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)

"We are so proud of what we have achieved as a brand and are so excited to see where we can take Fairfax & Favor in the coming years.”

Among its customers are Zara Tindall, Anton Du Beke, Helen Skelton, Steph McGovern and Made in Chelsea stars Olivia Bentley and Georgia Toffolo.

Fairfax & Favor's store in Holt is open from 10am to 5pm Monday to Saturday and from 11am to 4pm Sunday.