Tony Robinson OBE
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Tony Robinson OBE

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Tony Robinson OBE is The Happipreneur. He is an award-winning author and speaker on enterprise and happipreneurship. His fun, interactive show is entitled "Be More Happipreneur". It is presented at city venues with his micro-business owner friends, Jenn Crowther, CEO of Yorkshire in Business Ltd and Ian Farrar, CEO of Far North. The show is based on Tony's best selling, Amazon 5* rated book "The Happipreneur". Tony created the business philosophy Happipreneurship, which features in "The Happipreneur", co-authored with Taryn Lee Johnston. Enterprising people, whether employed or self-employed, find the book and show inspiring and a great help towards a happier and more fulfilling working life. Tony also writes fiction and poetry. ('A Perfect Little Gift' - also available as an audiobook) .His latest novel, published in November 2017, is "Loose Cannon" - a psychological thriller - 'An Angry Man With Nothing To Lose Is A Deadly Combination'. The action takes place between November 2011 and the London Olympics in August 2012. His best-known and most popular book is a fictional satire - 'Freedom from Bosses Forever', which is proving very popular as an audiobook, narrated by Tony and introduced by Tom Evans. 'Freedom from Bosses Forever' is written as a humorous journey narrated by a fictional fashionista and investigative journalist, Leonora Soculitherz (pronounced So-cool-it-hurts). The style of writing is also a tribute to the brilliance of the late, Miles Kington and the genius of PG Wodehouse. 'Freedom from Bosses Forever' has been described by a leading entrepreneur as 'the funniest business book I have ever read, yet full of absolute business truth'.There are links to the author's favourite free websites that provide further essential information It is 5 star rated as a Kindle and Audible book and the reviews have been exceptional in many top journals, blogs and websites. 'Freedom from Bosses Forever' has been the book of the month at both Start Your Business magazine and the Small Business Blog. Tony is Chair of Yorkshire in Business Limited and is well known as the co-founder of the annual #MicroBizMatters Day & the #MicroBizMatters movement. He received the OBE for services to small firms and training in 2001, the IAB Lifetime Achievement Award for Enterprise in 2012, Start Your Business Magazine's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013, the National Enterprise Network's Enterprise Support Champion of the Year (2019) and Hull city Council's Youth Enterprise Champion Award (2021).
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