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Colin Crooks MBE HonDsc
2012 wrote ‘How to Make a Million Jobs, a charter for social enterprise’.
2012 founded Tree Shepherd, which trained & supported hundreds of disadvantaged people to start their own business.
2019 awarded an MBE for “services to disadvantaged people and the environment.”
He currently mentors' small businesses, delivers the UK governments Help to Grow programme, hosts a podcast called Stressing Values and advises several charities.
Contributor to the London Daily on enterprise and employment issues
Colin’s proven 3 Ps framework:
Create a Plan
Manage People
Focus on Profit
In 2025 awarded an Honorary Degree by Greenwich University
Media Coverage
Not Ltd
The lonely owner problem: why more UK business founders feel isolated than everMore UK small business owners are feeling isolated and exhausted as rising costs, taxes and solo working push founders to breaking point.
GB News
Businesses warned of ‘cashflow contagion’ as more firms set to collapse in 2026Businesses across the UK are being warned that more so-called “zombie” companies could collapse in 2026, increasing unemployment and putting financially healthy firms at risk if they are left unpaid.
GB News
Economy 'in crisis' as nearly 1m young Britons not in work, training or educationA sizable amount of the working-age people aged between 18-24 are economically inactive, ONS figures have found
Birmingham Live
One in 10 children now live in unemployed UK householdsThe highest percentage of children in long-term workless households was in the North East
Bradford Telegraph and Argus
£119m ‘parking fine nightmare’ as wardens like ‘pirates in a sea of cars’Parking fines are hitting not just tradespeople but consumers and firms in all sectors, say business owners and consumers.
East Anglian Daily Times
£119m ‘parking fine nightmare’ as wardens like ‘pirates in a sea of cars’Parking fines are hitting not just tradespeople but consumers and firms in all sectors, say business owners and consumers.
The Argus
£119m ‘parking fine nightmare’ as wardens like ‘pirates in a sea of cars’Parking fines are hitting not just tradespeople but consumers and firms in all sectors, say business owners and consumers.
Daily Echo
£119m ‘parking fine nightmare’ as wardens like ‘pirates in a sea of cars’Parking fines are hitting not just tradespeople but consumers and firms in all sectors, say business owners and consumers.
The Herald
£119m ‘parking fine nightmare’ as wardens like ‘pirates in a sea of cars’Parking fines are hitting not just tradespeople but consumers and firms in all sectors, say business owners and consumers.
Express.co.uk
UK economy ‘throttled’ by £119m ‘parking fine fiasco’ with devastating impactIt comes as revealed that tradespeople have been slapped with an estimated 2.3 million parking fines of up to £160 over the past year alone.
Yahoo News
Rise in business overdraft applicationsThe number of sole traders, solopreneurs and micro business owners applying for overdrafts has shot up, new data has shown.
GB News
'Leave pensions alone!' Rachel Reeves implored to avoid 'dragging' Britons into paying 'death' taxWealth management firms and company directors are telling Chancellor Rachel Reeves to "leave pensions alone" as she prepares for her Autumn Budget on November 26.