RETAILER JD Sports has bought the Nanny State brand of canvas footwear shoes from the administrators of shoemaker DR Shoes, which was based at Hixon in Staffordshire.

The Bury-based firm has paid an undisclosed sum for the brand to joint administrators from the Birmingham office of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The deal also involves the transfer of DR Shoes’ remaining operations to its Bury headquarters, with founder Darren Roe being retained as a consultant.