Lucy Tobin

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Lucy Tobin is a senior business reporter at Evening Standard, covering entrepreneurs, start-ups and CEO interviews. She has been named Business Journalist of the Year at the Santander Media Awards and is the author of seven books, including Entrepreneur and Ausperity. Lucy also sets the agenda of Evening Standard's annual SME XPO scale-up conference.

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Lucy Tobin is a senior business reporter at Evening Standard, covering entrepreneurs, start-ups and CEO interviews. She has been named Business Journalist of the Year at the Santander Media Awards and is the author of seven books, including Entrepreneur and Ausperity. Lucy also sets the agenda of Evening Standard's annual SME XPO scale-up conference.

Travel

The best multi-generational holiday in France

From flamingo-spotting on the lagoon to grape juice tastings in the vineyard, this Languedoc estate has solved every problem that plagues family holidays, for grandparents and six-year-olds alike

8 Jun 2026
Business

AI: from apocalyptic fears to life-saving breakthroughs

The next industrial revolution, or a doom-laden prelude to an apocalyptic wipe-out? No one’s quite sure how AI will reshape our future - the only certainty is that it will. This week’s ScaleUp Standard newsletter is about Brainomix - an AI health technology that’s already in hundreds of British hospitals, saving potentially thousands of lives

24 Sept 2025
Promoted content

Want to grow faster? It might be time to replace yourself

When to hand over the reins is one of the entrepreneur's trickiest predicaments. ScaleUp Standard tackles hiring a first CEO, dyslexic entrepreneurship and building a board

15 Jul 2025
Travel

Could my family go screen-free at this sporty Spanish hotel?

From golf and tennis to cliffside meals and poolside play, Lucy Tobin and family went to find out if the facilities at this sporty hotel could help them down their devices for six whole days

12 Jul 2025
Restaurants

The best restaurants to go to with kids during the summer holidays

From sushi making classes to pizza sat by a supercar, Lucy Tobin rounds up the best of where to dine with the little ones

9 Jul 2025
SMEs

Cool Britannia: meet the brands rethinking food

This week, as the UK sweltered, we took a look at two homegrown businesses changing the way food gets to your plate

2 Jul 2025
SMEs

Female-founded and flying: brands with purpose win over UK shoppers

British shoppers are backing female-founded brands with their wallets — and it's driving real business growth, this week’s ScaleUp Standard newsletter found

30 Jun 2025
SMEs

Megabucks for scale-ups

Investment opportunities, building a campaigning business and baby-shaped inspiration from ScaleUp Standard newsletter

10 Jun 2025
SMEs

How to build profit and purpose - simultaneously

Scaling a business whilst prioritising profit is tough - 80% of consumers say they’ll pay more for sustainable products, but investors want fast returns...

20 May 2025
SMEs

Genomics and HIVED: scaling against the odds

Sir Peter Donnelly, co-founder of genetics analytics firm Genomics, offers advice on monetising research - whilst Murvah Iqbal, founder of logistics firm HIVED, talks about the reality of taking on an industry filled with giant, legacy incumbents

24 Apr 2025
SMEs

Scrappy startups to industry giants: lessons from Dash Water

The latest ScaleUp Standard newsletter takes in marketing tips from the founders of Dash and breaking into the US with Perlego’s CEO Gauthier Van Malderen

2 Apr 2025
Helsinki's Allas Sea Pool and Katajanokka District
Travel

Finland: How to plan a family holiday to the world's happiest nation

With Finland having just been named the world’s happiest nation yet again, there’s no better time to visit. Lucy Tobin says a trip combining culture-packed Helsinki and the nature-filled archipelago of Barösund is the perfect break for families

20 Mar 2025
Dessi Bell
SMEs

The inside story behind fashion brand Saint and Sofia's meteoric rise

How Dessi Bell turned her banking background into a £30m fashion empire with Saint and Sofia, balancing sustainability and style

10 Mar 2025
Simon Squibb
SMEs

ScaleUp Standard: Entrepreneur Simon Squibb's blackmail regrets

Entrepreneur Simon Squibb reflects on his business regrets, including trademark battles, while the digital agency Wander flourishes, driven by its co-founders' unique approach.

5 Mar 2025
Travel

Madeira: the best break for a multi-generation holiday

For decades, it’s appealed to an older crowd, but Lucy Tobin finds the Portuguese island offers an easy break for all the family with sun, adventure and sea under four hours away from London

25 Nov 2024
Lifestyle

London’s best child-friendly hotels

From Westminster to Watford, here’s the best London city stays for the whole family

22 Oct 2024
Travel

Why Menorca is the perfect family-friendly Balearic island

Its Balearic big sisters Mallorca and Ibiza might make all the noise, but Lucy Tobin finds Menorca to be the perfect multi-generational break for fun in the (short-haul) sun

15 Jul 2024
Business

London biotech secures £90 million backing

Myricx Bio’s £90 million Series A fundraising will initially focus on developing its work treating solid tumours, such as breast and gastric cancers, but potentially can apply across all cancers

9 Jul 2024
Nicholas Loufrani
Business

The man Smiley-ing his way through business

Nicolas Loufrani was born just a few weeks before the smiley logo was trademarked - and has since turned it into his life’s work

13 Jun 2024
Business

Carmoola boss wants app to be ‘everything’ for motorists

Online car finance service Carmoola wasn’t Aidan Rushby’s first roll of the start-up dice. But its backers, including Kyiv-based u.ventures, have now put in more than £140 million

8 May 2024