Lucy Tobin
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.
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
Welcome to powerhouse London, the model for inclusive start-ups
Major investor says businesses need to look beyond success and embrace the city’s inequality. Lucy Tobin gets the lowdown
Smelling the opportunities for coffee in Silicon Roundabout
Coffee once made him sick - but now Grind founder David Abrahamovitch sells more than a million cups of coffee each year
‘Celebrate failures as much as successes to grow your business’
Entrepreneurs share their stories of mistakes and lessons learned — and urge other founders to do the same, as Lucy Tobin discovers
The happiest place on earth: hitting the heights in Orlando
The Floridian city does thrills and theme parks like nowhere else — and Lucy Tobin and family find plenty to enjoy in its foodie neighbourhoods and quieter attractions too
Levi Roots: Friends said be serious when I took guitar to Dragons’ Den
Levi Roots and Trinny Woodall will share insights on the human side of successful businesses at the Standard’s SME XPO event.
Scaling up for business: what you need to know from den of a Dragon
Deborah Meaden of Dragons’ Den says that whether funding for founders comes from a tycoon-filled den or a City boardroom, it’s not just about the money
Krept: ‘Don’t be afraid to pitch your business to anyone’
It’s a challenge faced by every new start-up: how to secure the funding needed to get the business up and running. The solution, discovers Lucy Tobin, is to get your brand out into the market and find your very own guardian angel
The second coming of a style guru back on trend
Trinny Woodall went from a TV style guru “who had fallen out of fashion” to founder of a £200 million business
Ridding the bathroom of single-use plastics
This entrepreneur tested several careers before settling on his “mission to banish single-use plastic from bathrooms worldwide”
‘The best people for the job in tech today tend to be diverse’
Bobby Idogho is building the company he wants to see
Athleisure workwear that works
Joanna Dai’s women’s workwear brand was inspired by a 16-hour uncomfortable day of meetings
Charlie Mullins: selling Pimlico Plumbers ‘biggest mistake of my life’
Mr Mullins hit the headlines in 2021 after introducing a mandatory Covid vaccine requirement for all his staff
Adding taste and fun to a healthy breakfast
The duo taking on the cereal giants with their London start-up
Building the missing quick link in construction’s supply chain
“We’re like Amazon Prime for heavy equipment — linking up deliveries within 24 hours, and also helping customers plan projects and track spend.”
The recruitment agency helping to bring diversity to big business
Clients have also included the Mayor, the Commons Speaker and the Royal Household
The long uphill slog to skier sunglasses success
SunGod has offices in W6 and Verbier and fans include the Princess of Wales
The shower scene that inspired a green business brand
Dragons Den appearance kickstarted growth of £1.5 million eco cleaning spray business
Spotting the patterns in the data to predict the future for the NHS
Business worked with Brexit guru Dominic Cummings at the start of the Vote Leave campaign