Experience

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  Yorkshire in Business

  • United Kingdom
  • Professional Training and Coaching
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chair, Author and "Be More Happipreneur" Show Co-Performer

    • Sep 2020 - Present

    Buy the book: 'THE HAPPIPRENEUR' full of contributions by leading entrepreneurs and an introduction from Tim Campbell MBE of the Apprentice & book my keynotes on entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship and/or the 'BE MORE HAPPIPRENEUR' Show performed with Jenn Crowther and Ian Farrar. Tony is: * Chair of Yorkshire in Business Limited * Co-founder of the Micro Business Alliance for England (100+ organisations engaged with over 1.2 million micro business owners)* Past Patron of The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank* #PayIn30Days or less Campaigner since 2001* Co-Founder of the #MicroBizMatters Movement and Day* Fundraiser through half & full marathons, shows & book sales for Macmillan Cancer Support* Founder of the Small is Beautiful Roll of Honour* Founder of the SFEDI Group and Co-Founder of the Institute of Enterprise and Entrepreneurs (IOEE)* Director of the National Organisation for Responsible Business Judge for many entrepreneur awards including Great British Entrepreneur Awards and Simply Business - £25k Business Boost* Ambassador for the Business Book Awards. Happipreneurship is a philosophy of enterprising work-life that Tony created and launched in late 2020 through the publication of the 5* reviewed best-selling and influential book The Happipreneur (now in its 2nd edition). Tony performs three main keynotes linked to entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship and the "Be More Happipreneur!" Show plus Q&A with Jenn Crowther and Ian Farrar. 'The Happipreneur' was the result of a two-year collaboration with co-author Taryn Lee Johnston. It is a practical guide for enterprising people in all sizes of organisations. Tony is Hull City Council Youth Enterprise Champion 2021 & 2023. Awarded OBE for services to small firms (2201). Three Lifetime Achievement Awards for Enterprise. National Enterprise Network's Enterprise Support Champion 2019. Formerly Investors in People Small Business Champion.

  • Chair & Non Executive Director

    • Sep 2004 - Present

    This national award-winning, leading Enterprise Agency has gone from strength to strength in providing free enterprise support to thousands of new and existing businesses, each year, in Yorkshire, especially in the Yorkshire Coast region. All the money we make from our low-cost rental of workshops and offices is invested into three business advisers facilitating events, seminars, group sessions and free one-one advice with prospective and existing enterprise owners. We have offices and workshops in 5 major locations with 4 in town and our flagship largest centre, Cayley Court, on the Scarborough Business Park.Jenn Crowther, our CEO, like all our business advisers has started, owned and run her own micro business for many years. Jenn is currently the Daily Mirror's High Street Hero for her work in founding and getting micro businesses to collaborate through our totally independent Love Locally scheme. Jenn has received the Chairman's Award from the National Enterprise Network for outstanding individual contribution and in 2017 Yorkshire in Business won the award for Enterprise Agency of the Year (under £750,000 turnover).The most successful weekly and monthly groups we run are Love Locally coffee mornings, Evening free drop in advice sessions including legal, Etsy, Facebook, Instagram and Ebay groups. We have 4 directors and a team of 12 and are really making a quality and quantity enterprise difference to our enterprising region, without having to take on government programmes or large company sponsorship.

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  Organisation for Responsible Businesses

  • Member Of The Board Of Advisors and now Board Director

    • Mar 2021 - Present

    Organisation For Responsible Businesses (ORB) organisations are self-employed people, sole traders, micro, small and medium-sized businesses that are responsible, and for the benefit of people, communities, and the planet. All our businesses have the highest standard of social and environmental p...

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  John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank

  • Hull, United Kingdom

  • Patron

    • Aug 2017 - Oct 2023
    • Hull, United Kingdom

    Honoured to become Patron of this award winning Youth Enterprise Bank. They do outstanding an innovative work to support enterprise in our region - from Hull to Scarborough and have backed and participated, along with the whole of Hull Youth Enterprise partnership, in every annual #MicroBizMatte...

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  #MicroBizMattersDay

  • http://TonyRobinsonOBE.com

  • Co-Founder

    • Jan 2012 - Apr 2022
    • http://TonyRobinsonOBE.com

    The eighth, annual, global #MicroBizMatter Day of actions took place in March 2022 as part of the 3 day #MicroBizMatters Festival. The #MicroBizMatters Festival is bi-annual and hosted by Yorkshire in Business with the next Festival of wellbeing, seaside activities, enterprise learning, great ind...

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  ExcludedUK

  • London, England Metropolitan Area

  • Fundraiser

    • May 2020 - Jan 2022
    • London, England Metropolitan Area

    I raised funds from my virtual speaking, venue speaking, writing and championing activities for major corporations, large and medium-sized companies, educational establishments, premier business conferences and entrepreneurship media. The funds I raised went to 3 social enterprises supporting mic...

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  Business Advisory Bureau Limited/EntrepreneursUK

  • Milton Keynes, Chesterfield & Scarborough

  • Chair & Co-Founder/Owner Director

    • Sep 1986 - Apr 2018
    • Milton Keynes, Chesterfield & Scarborough

    Specialists in helping large organisations engage with, supply and provide outstanding service to small and micro (0-9 employees) business owners. Major clients in public and private sector for writing and developing learning, advisory and information media, consulting on enterprise and entrepren...

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  CFE Research - Leicester

  • Leicester

  • Non Executive Director

    • Sep 2001 - Aug 2012
    • Leicester

    NED at CFE along with John Coyne, John Whittaker and Peter Russian overseeing the development of CFE as one of the foremost UK research and 'do tank' organisations specialising in assisting private and public sector bodies in skills, employment, learning, membership and enterprise.

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  SFEDI Group (including the Institute of Enterpr...

  • Aycliffe, Co. Durham

  • Founder/Co-Owner/CEO/Chair/Director

    • Jan 1995 - Jan 2012
    • Aycliffe, Co. Durham

    Founded the independent, but government recognised, UK Sector Skills Body for Enterprise and Enterprise Support. Responsible for researching developing, managing, monitoring, and recognising best practice in training and support for pre start, start up and existing small and home business owners....

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  Amway UK Limited

  • Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

  • Managing Director prev. Corporate Services Director

    • Sep 1981 - Aug 1986
    • Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

    Promoted from Corporate Services Director in 1984 (HR, Payroll, Communications & PR) to Managing Director responsible for (and achieving) increasing company profitability and average order values per distributorship through improved marketing techniques and new product and service offerings. ...

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  NCR

  • Personnel Operations Manager

    • Sep 1974 - Aug 1981

    Included Industrial Relations Manager, NCR UK and roles with BPIF national committees.

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  NCR Limited

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Industrial Relations Manager

    • Jan 1974 - Jan 1981
    • London, United Kingdom

    (prev. Site personnel Mgr & Organisations & Methods Analyst) Responsible for the development of Human Resources and Industrial Relations policies and strategies to allow transition to a modern IT company with new operating divisions. Negotiated many improvements in productivity, working p...