A unique one-hour business/networking show with Tony Robinson OBE, The Micro Business Champion, Speaker, Writer, Broadcaster and Campaigner, Co-Founder, #MicroBizMatters.

The show provides essential enterprise truths from 20 years of research, 30 years of experience as a business owner and over 2000 interviews with entrepreneurs. Tony will talk about why the 'Micro is Magic Way' of starting and running a business is more successful, fulfilling and sustainable than the 'American Way'.

Tony tips his fedora to Dickens, Orwell, Penn & Teller, EF Schumacher’s ‘Small is Beautiful’, Barbara Ehrenreich’s ‘Smile or Die’, Oliver Burkeman’s ‘The Antidote’ and his fictional satire ‘Freedom from Bosses Forever’. His story as a founder of enterprise support movements, as a campaigner (e.g. #PayIn30Days) and advocate of an enterprise culture for the many, not the few, is woven into the show.

Delegates learn an INSPIRING and ALTERNATIVE way to ‘avoid the snakes’ and ‘choose the ladders’ for future enterprise success.

As seen in London, Glasgow, Newcastle, Manchester, Chesterfield, Ilfracombe and Scarborough this one hour show is a ‘must’ for those thinking of, preparing for, starting up or running an enterprise or helping others to do so. Leaders wishing to understand business owners in the UK will enjoy the show too and many can benefit from adopting a ‘Small is Beautiful’ approach to developing their organisations.

Additional Speaker: Tony will also be joined on stage with Paul Uppal, Small Business Commissioner. The office of the Small Business Commissioner (SBC) was launched in December 2017 to ensure fair payment practices for Britain's 5.7 million small businesses, and support them in resolving their payment disputes with larger businesses and bring about culture change.

Agenda

10.00am Registration, with Tea and Coffee
10.30am Opening speech with Ian Cass, Managing Director of the Forum of Private Business
10.40am Paul Uppal, Small Business Commissioner
11.00am Micro is Magic with Tony Robinson OBE
12.00pm Questions and Closing speech
12.30pm - 1.00pm Networking