In the 1900s and 1910s James Nuttall Snr's two sons—Sir Edmund Nuttall, 1st Baronet (1870–1923), who was made a baronet in 1922, and James Nuttall (1877–1957)—built the company into a nationwide business.
In the early 20th century, Sir Edmund Nuttall, 1st Baronet (1870–1923), who was knighted in 1922, and James Nuttall (1877–1957)—both sons of James Nuttall Snr—grew the company into a large-scale business.