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Finding growth through purpose

Joe Marshall Associate Editor, CBI

How trust and purpose can drive success: an interview with TrustedHousesitters' Chief Executive Tim Lyons

24 Jun 2019, 5 min read
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It all began with a dog called Dave and a house in Spain. When online pet-sitting platform TrustedHousesitters’ founder Andy Peck went abroad to look after an ex-pat’s house and pet in 2010, it’s hard to imagine he had any idea where it would lead him. Yet, nine years later, the idea that came to him on that trip has grown into a flourishing business. It’s now moved offices five times to accommodate remarkably rapid growth and has around 60 members of staff keeping the current HQ in Brighton a hive of activity.

The business is now run by Chief Exective Tim Lyons who noted: “The first two or three years were spent establishing the concept and getting the business off the ground. Our first emp

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