Lucy Tobin
Lucy Tobin is a senior business reporter at The 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 The Standard's annual SME XPO scale-up conference....
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Lucy Tobin is a senior business reporter at The 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 The Standard's annual SME XPO scale-up conference.
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
The serial start-up man whose final stop will be delivery vans
Simple logistics: “We offered a service that was so much better than what firms had been using before that,” says Tristan Thomas. “We delivered on the day we said we were going to, at the time we said, without damaging parcels”
The fun of rolling out gourmet popcorn
“We wanted to start a business that would make people smile”
“You can’t care about people without caring about the planet”
Top entrepreneurs including Deborah Meaden, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones and Krept revealed their tips for success at the Evening Standard’s SME XPO
Our entrepreneurs all agree: London has got its bounce back
Business community hails a bright future for the capital at Evening Standard’s networking event for start-ups and scale-ups
Pitchdecks at the ready: welcome to London’s ultimate networking event
Whether you’re starting-up, scaling-up or incubating a brilliant business idea, the Evening Standard’s SME XPO is the place to make it happen. Lucy Tobin previews what’s on offer at next week’s show
Fairmont St Andrews: family-friendly luxury without the snootiness
It’s not just apple-green golf courses in stunning St Andrews — Lucy Tobin and family find the ideal nature escape from London, with a dreamy coastline and plenty to do
Tree simple steps to fight climate change
How two 26-year-old entrepreneurs are changing the world, one tree at a time
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”