Keynote SpeakersHolly Tucker MBE is the founder of Holly & Co and notonthehighstreet, and an inspirational speaker sharing insights on creativity, leadership and success.
As the UK Ambassador to Creative Small Businesses, Holly champions and highlights the incredible talent of creative small business owners and future founders worldwide.
The embodiment of creativity and empowerment, Holly Tucker brings a riot of colour to an often-grey business world!
She believes that following your passion and building a business around what you love is the key to a happy, fulfilled life.
Holly is kind, selfless and trustworthy. She is the antithesis of the stereotypical entrepreneur and challenges everything we think we know about the professional world. Not afraid to be herself, she’s pumped over £1 billion into the UK economy and helped countless small business owners grow.
In 2003, Holly started ‘Your Local Fair’ in Chiswick, after a fruitless search for a place to sell her ‘less ordinary’ wreaths. Inspired by the sight of creative businesses selling side by side, an idea was sparked.
Holly made it her life’s mission to help this remarkable group; along with Sophie Cornish she founded notonthehighstreet.com to give small businesses a collective home, where their products could proudly sit alongside fellow makers, and find their way to loving homes around the world.
Thirteen years, 5,000 brilliant businesses and millions of happy customers later, Holly was set to do it all over again. In 2015, she founded the immersive brand Holly & Co to help small businesses through the highs and lows of their business journeys.
Holly Tucker – Business Speaker:
As an inspirational business speaker, Holly brings a refreshing blend of creativity, commercial insight and infectious enthusiasm to the stage.
Drawing on her experience of co-founding notonthehighstreet and building Holly & Co, Holly delivers engaging keynote speeches on entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation and the power of thinking differently.
A passionate champion of small businesses, she shares practical lessons on overcoming challenges, building successful brands and turning bold ideas into reality.
Her energetic, thought-provoking presentations inspire corporate audiences, business leaders and entrepreneurs to embrace change, unlock creativity and pursue success with confidence.
Conversations of Inspiration:
Holly presents her own podcast ‘Conversations of Inspiration‘ which is consistently in the iTunes business chart top 10. Holly chats to the UK’s brightest and most well-known founders of both small businesses and large iconic brands, including Fearne Cotton, Sir Tim Smit,and Richard Reed.
Her annual event, the ‘Congregation of Inspiration‘, is something you have to see to believe. Think of a mass-participation sing-along to your favourite feel-good tunes, an explosion of creativity and a place to both be yourself and chase your dreams.
Holly Tucker also has a best-selling book ‘Do What You Love, Love What You Do’ deemed to be the new business bible, in which Holly looks back at her own story, sharing her biggest lessons and proven advice on creating and growing a business.
