Hi, I'm Tony Robinson OBE

The OBE is a British honour given by the Queen - in my case for services to small firms and training. I received this great honour in a ceremony, from Prince Charles, at Buckingham Palace.

It was a truly exciting day for me, my family and closest friends - quite a celebration. So, that tells you two things about me:

Firstly, I'm British (English –  born and bred in England's biggest county - Yorkshire) and secondly, I'm passionate about entrepreneurs and supporting people that want to start and run their own enterprise - be their own boss.

If you’re interested in Enterprise and Entrepreneurship then please follow my daily tweets @TonyRobinsonOBE on Twitter and/or join my professional network on Linked in.

For twenty five years I’ve been learning from entrepreneurs, some famous, and from starting and running my own enterprises. I love to pass on what I call the Enterprise Essentials.

Even if you are not starting or running your own business I can guarantee that gaining these enterprise skills and know how will help you to achieve more success. I believe that we can all benefit from being more enterprising, that Enterprise is the finest career choice anyone can make and that leaders in large organisations can learn much from those that start and run their own enterprises.

If you wish to book me to speak on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship or to write learning, support and guidance media on these subjects then please e-mail me tony@entrepreneursuk.com with a brief outline of what you’d like, your audience and your date or deadline.

If you’re starting or running a micro enterprise then I do hope you may join, free, our growing band of Enterprise Rockers. This charity we’ve founded will Get Enterprise Rocking in the UK. You can find out more about us on http://EnterpriseRockers.com and on Twitter @EnterpriseRocks

All of the businesses I’ve had and books I've written over the last twenty five years have been a joint effort with my business partner and best friend, Clare Francis.

In 1996 we founded and developed SFEDI which improves the quality and accessibility of learning and support to prospective and existing small and home business owners.

You can find out more about the SFEDI Group on http://www.sfedi.co.uk and http://www.sfedienterprises.co.uk/

I write non fiction (stuff to help people start up and succeed in business) and fiction too. 'Stripping for Freedom', personal favourite of everything I've written to date, is a combination of both.

As you'll see from the reviews on Amazon UK it's been described as one of the funniest business books around. However, although I'm pleased to say it has led to many people 'snorting with laughter' it's equally important and true to say that the guidance given of what 'the bare essentials' are that you need to succeed in starting your own enterprise are all there too - valuable, practical and proven.

I wrote this guidance in a humorous story format as I know from the hundreds of books that I’ve started but not finished just how difficult it is to read self and business development books.

Don't worry you don't have to take your clothes off - unless you want to. Stripping for Freedom is an imaginary 40 day investigative journey by the mythical and reclusive Canadian media celebrity, Leonora Soculitherz (So-cool-it-hurts).

Do see the reviews of 'Stripping for Freedom' on this site and on Amazon UK. If you fancy a little more of the mythical Soculitherz then there are humorous videos on www.youtube.com/soculitherz and blogs and photos on www.myspace.com/soculitherz.

One of my big current projects is writing a psychological thriller, with some spicy world politics thrown in. It has the working title ‘Loose Cannon’ and whilst writing it I was lucky enough to live in Malta where I’ve based some of the action. It’s a wonderful place and I just love being at the seaside all of the time which is why my home is in Scarborough on the North East coast of England.

Scarborough has always been a hot bed of enterprise, ever since they started marketing their spa water in the seventeenth century. It was probably the gin they added to it that made it palatable and popular. Two years ago Scarborough was awarded the titles of most enterprising place in Britain and most enterprising place in Europe. I’ve lived in and love London too and you can find me there a number of days each month on business.

I'm married to Eileen, with three grown up and ultra-talented kids Carl, Alan and Sinead and two wonderful pets Shaggy (dog) and Tiger (cat).

My favourite writers are Herman Melville, Samuel Beckett, Charles Dickens, Emily and Anne Bronte, PG Wodehouse, Jonathan Swift, Sebastian Faulks, Alan Bennett and Miles Kington. ‘Stripping for Freedom’ was written in the style of and as a tribute to Miles Kington. I'm mad keen on many sports and the theatre. My favourite play is 'Endgame' and favourite film is 'Once Upon a Time in America'.

We (Clare and I) hope you enjoy the tons of free stuff on Enterprise and Entrepreneurship on this web site. We hope you might want to ‘buy’ my talks or writing know-how on these subjects or one of my books.

It may even be the start of us getting to know each other better.