Tony Robinson OBE
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Services |
| Occupation | Author, Speaker and Business Owner |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Introduction | Tony Robinson OBE is the Founder/Director (1986 - 2016) with Clare Francis of the Business Advisory Bureau Limited and EntrepreneursUK.com. Tony also founded SFEDI in 1996 and co-founded the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs. Both organisations are dedicated to improving the training and support available to prospective and existing small and home business owners. He received an OBE for services to small firms and training in 2001 and is a writer, facilitator, speaker, trainer and entrepreneur/director/patron of non-profits aimed at helping startups survive and thrive. He is Patron of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, Director of Yorkshire in Business, Co-Founder of #MicroBizMattersDays, Co-Founder of the Micro Business Alliance and performs the "Be More Happipreneur" Show. He has co-written and had published 12 books of fiction, satire and business. |
| Interests | Cricket, Football, Tennis, Table Tennis, Charity half marathons and full marathons, theatre, ballet, opera, reading and jogging around Scarborough seafront. |
| Favorite Movies | 'Once Upon A Time in America' |
| Favorite Music | Slambovian Circus of Dreams, Blues - Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, ZZ Top etc, Nina Simone, Leonard Cohen. |
| Favorite Books | Wuthering Heights, To The Lighthouse, Orlando, Moby Dick, Bartleby the Scrivener, A Room of One's Own, Agnes Grey, Demon Copperhead, Our Mutual Friend, Tess of the D'Ubervilles, Middlemarch, all PG Wodehouse. |
What's the most amount of sand you've ever had in your swimming trunks?
half a bucketful