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Encyclopedia > Martin Lewis (financial journalist)
Martin Lewis

Born May 9, 1972 (1972-05-09) (age 35)
Manchester
Occupation Television presenter, journalist, author
Website
MoneySavingExpert.com
This article is about the British financial journalist. For the UK TV newsreader of similar name, see Martyn Lewis (journalist). For other people named Martin Lewis, see Martin Lewis (disambiguation).

Martin Steven Lewis (born May 9, 1972 in Manchester, England) is a journalist, television presenter, website entrepreneur and author in the United Kingdom, who specialises in ways to save money. He is often referred to in the media as a "consumer campaigner" or "consumer champion" and goes by the title of "Money Saving Expert". If you hold the copyright to an image (e. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ... MoneySavingExpert. ... Martyn Lewis announcing the death of Princess Diana Martyn Lewis was a presenter on the BBC News bulletins until the major relaunch of all output in 1997. ... Martin Lewis may refer to: Martin Lewis (humorist/writer/producer/TV), Humorist, writer, producer and TV/radio host Martin Lewis (artist), Artist and printmaker (1881-1962) Martin Lewis (magician), British magician Martin Lewis (financial journalist), British financial journalist Martin Lewis (basketball), American basketball player Martin and Lewis American comedy team... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... A television presenter is a British term for a person who introduces or hosts television programmes. ... For other uses, see Author (disambiguation). ...

Contents

Career

Internet career

Perhaps most influentially, he created and runs the website MoneySavingExpert.com. This is ranked the biggest consumer and personal finance site in the UK with over 4,000,000 users each month and over 2 million receiving the Martin's Money Tips weekly e-mail. [1] MoneySavingExpert. ...


TV and radio career

He has his own prime time show on Five called It Pays To Watch[2] as well as presenting money specials for ITV1's Tonight, and is regular "Money Saving Expert" on several others (including a weekly slot on GMTV and LK Today). He also appears on ITV1's This Morning, Five's The Wright Stuff and as well as often appearing as a guest expert on many news and other programmes. Five, launched in 1997, is the fifth and final national terrestrial analogue television channel to launch in the United Kingdom. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Tonight or Tonight with Trevor McDonald is the name of a British television newsmagazine, anchored by Sir Trevor McDonald and produced by Granada Television for the ITV network since 1999, when it replaced the long-running investigative series World In Action. ... GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... GMTV (Good Morning Television) is a national British breakfast television station owned by ITV plc (75%) and The Walt Disney Company (25%). It has held the license for the breakfast Channel 3 franchise since 1993, when it outbid the previous 6am-9. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... This Morning logo (ITV1) This Morning is a British, ITV1 daytime television programme that started on 3 October 1988 and includes celebrity guests, entertainment, advice, competitions and features. ... The Wright Stuff is a British television chat show, hosted by Matthew Wright, and currently airing on Five each weekday at 9:00am. ...


He also has a regular phone-in on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show and BBC Radio 1's Jo Whiley. He also had his own daytime TV series on ITV1 during December 2005 called Make Me Rich. BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and the most popular station in the UK. As well as having most listeners nationally, it ranks first in all regions above local radio stations. ... Jeremy Vine (born May 17, 1965, Epsom, Surrey) is an English current affairs presenter on BBC radio and television. ... BBC Radio 1 (commonly referred to as just Radio 1) is a British national radio station operated by the BBC, specialising in popular music and speech and is aimed primarily at the 14-29[1] age group. ... Johanne Whiley (born July 4, 1965 in Northampton) is an English radio disc jockey on BBC Radio 1, and a television presenter. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ...


Print career

He has a weekly column in the News of the World; a fortnightly column in the Sunday Post and a monthly regional syndicated column in the Manchester Evening News amongst others. He has been a past columnist for the Sunday Times, Saturday Guardian and the Sunday Express. All of his columns are on the theme of saving money. The News of the World is a British tabloid newspaper published every Sunday. ... The Sunday Post is a Scottish newspaper, published in Dundee by DC Thomson, and characterised by a folksy mix of news, sentimental stories and short features. ... The Manchester Evening News is an English daily newspaper published each week day evening and on Saturdays. ... The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper distributed in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International which is in turn owned by News Corporation. ... For other uses, see Guardian. ... The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ...


He is the author of two bestselling book, The Money Diet [3] and The Three Most Important Lessons You've Never Been Taught[4][5] and has edited another, Thrifty Ways for Modern Days[6], which was written on the back of contributions to the Old Style Forum on the MoneySavingExpert.com website.


Early career

His undergraduate degree is in government and law from the London School of Economics, and after graduating he spent a year as elected general secretary of the LSE Students' Union. After this he worked for London financial public relations firm Brunswick [7] and did stand-up comedy part time [8]. In 1997, he left to do a postgraduate degree in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University's Centre for Journalism Studies [9]. Mascot: Beaver Affiliations: University of London Russell Group EUA ACU CEMS APSIA Universities UK U8 Golden Triangle G5 Group Website: http://www. ... The London School of Economics Students Union (LSESU) is the representative and campaigning body for students at LSE to the London School of Economics and to other bodies, covering areas such as quality of education, hall of residence provision, fees, equalities and accessibility for students with disabilities and other related... The main building of Cardiff University Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Cardiff University Cardiff University (Welsh: Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a leading university located in the civic centre of Cardiff, Wales. ...


After graduating he went to work at the BBC Business Unit as a producer on BBC Radio Five Live business programmes and was then an editor of the BBC Radio 4's Today Programme business slot [10]. This was followed by the satellite TV channel Simply Money where he developed the Money Saving Expert role. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... BBC Radio Five Live is the BBCs radio service providing live BBC News, phone-ins, and sports commentaries. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... Today, sometimes referred to as the Today programme to avoid ambiguity, is BBC Radio 4s long-running early morning news and current affairs programme, which is now broadcast from 6am to 9am from Monday to Friday and from 7am to 9am on Saturdays. ...


After Simply Money ended in 2001, Lewis started writing a weekly Deal of the Week column in the Sunday Express newspaper, and doing MoneySavingExpert slots on Five TV's Open House with Gloria Hunniford, BBC Radio 4's Moneybox [11]. and as a business and personal finance reporter for BBC1 Breakfast News. [12] The Daily Express is a British newspaper, currently tabloid, and it is owned by Richard Desmond. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gloria Hunniford was a presenter on BBC radio and television. ...


Campaigns

During late 2005, the issue of reclaiming unfair bank charges was highlighted and a few small websites started to highlight the issue. Since, he has been at the forefront of the media campaign to reclaim what are believed to be unfair and unlawful fees charged by UK banks (although this has still to be determinded)[13]. He presented the first mainstream TV programme on how to get your money back (ITV1's Tonight) and followed it up on 23 February, 2007, and in November 2006 published a step-by-step guide, including template letters which speedily achieved its 1,000,000th download towards the end of February 2007 and as at 28 August 2007 has over 4,000,000 downloads [14][15] as well as regularly appearing across the media to champion the issue. The UK default charges controversy is an on-going issue in consumer law, relating to the level of fees charged by banks and credit card companies for late or dishonoured payments, exceeding credit limits, etc. ... ITV1 is the name, in England, Wales and the Scottish borders, for a terrestrial, free-to-air television channel, broadcast in the United Kingdom by the ITV network. ... Tonight or Tonight with Trevor McDonald is the name of a British television newsmagazine, anchored by Sir Trevor McDonald and produced by Granada Television for the ITV network since 1999, when it replaced the long-running investigative series World In Action. ...


On 26 January, 2007, he presented a programme Tonight on Council Tax Cashback [16], a campaign to get everyone in the UK to check and potentially challenge their council tax band, that first started on his website MoneySavingExpert.com leading to thousands in backdated windfall payments[17]. Tonight or Tonight with Trevor McDonald is the name of a British television newsmagazine, anchored by Sir Trevor McDonald and produced by Granada Television for the ITV network since 1999, when it replaced the long-running investigative series World In Action. ... MoneySavingExpert. ...


Other large scale campaigns, with ensuing TV programmes include reclaiming payment protection insurance [18] (it is predicted that this may grow to the same scale as bank charge reclaiming [19].), reclaiming mortgage exit fees [20] and reclaiming credit card charges [21] all of which have had over 100,000 people using template letter downloads. [22]


Petitions

Martin Lewis, in conjunction with MoneySavingExpert.com, has launched two petitions relating to the advertising of secured loan products on television.

  • The first aims to have the adverts banned from children's television which received 43,000 signatures[23].
  • The second appeals to Carol Vorderman to stop appearing in secured loan advertising. Lewis felt that Vorderman was seen by the general public as a credible figure because of her mathematical skill demonstrated in TV programmes such as Countdown. This petition was officially supported by the UK's two largest debt charities, Credit Action and the Consumer Credit Counselling Service. The petition had over 80,000[24] signatures and newspapers reported that she threatened legal action to try to stop it[25]

Both of these campaigns have been the subject of parliamentary early day motions[26]. Carol Jean Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1960, Bedford), is a UK television personality best known for being a long-standing co-presenter of Channel 4 game show Countdown. ... Countdown is a British game show presented by Des OConnor and Carol Vorderman. ... Credit Action is the UK national money education charity. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...


Recognition

Lewis was specifically named in an Early Day Motion of the House of Commons. [27] Early day motion is a phrase used in the Westminster system for motions tabled by Members of Parliament for debate on an early day. In practice, they are never debated but are mostly used for MPs to publicise and express support for their own pet projects. ... Type Lower House Speaker Michael Martin, (Non-affiliated) since October 23, 2000 Leader Harriet Harman, (Labour) since June 28, 2007 Shadow Leader Theresa May, (Conservative) since May 5, 2005 Members 659 Political groups Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats Scottish National Party Plaid Cymru Democratic Unionist Party Sinn Féin...


Lewis and his website MoneySavingExpert.com were specifically cited as being at the forefront of the new virtual democracy as a 'remarkable new body' according the UK Government Cabinet Office report "The Power of Information"[28].


Personal

He is engaged to Five News weather presenter Lara Lewington.[29][30] Lara Lewington on Five News Lara Lewington (born May 10, 1979) is a British weathergirl and television presenter on Five, joining in January 2003. ...


References

  1. ^ Statistics from bottom right of MoneySavingExpert home page stats. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
  2. ^ It Pays To Watch Website. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  3. ^ The Scotsman, Martin Lewis, moneysaving champ. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  4. ^ The Three Most Important Lessons You've Never Been Taught. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  5. ^ Martin's Money Tips inc. Bestseller info. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  6. ^ Thrifty Ways for Modern Days. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  7. ^ Martin Lewis MoneySavingExpert Biography. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  8. ^ MoneySavingExpert Forums Martin Lewis comedy background post. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  9. ^ Martin Lewis MoneySavingExpert Biography. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  10. ^ MyVillage website Martin Lewis interview. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  11. ^ Martin Lewis MoneySavingExpert Biography. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  12. ^ BBC Business Report 2001. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  13. ^ Bank Charges: Reclaim your money. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
  14. ^ The Independent. Retrieved on 2007-02-22.
  15. ^ MoneySavingExpert.com Stats section. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
  16. ^ "Council Tax Cashback: Reclaim £1000s. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  17. ^ "Council Tax Reclaiming Success Reports. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  18. ^ "Loan Insurance Reclaiming. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  19. ^ Independent Newspaper: £4bn protection racket. Retrieved on 2007-01-20.
  20. ^ "Mortgage Fee Reclaiming. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  21. ^ "Credit Card Reclaiming. Retrieved on 2008-01-23.
  22. ^ MoneySavingExpert.com Stats section. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
  23. ^ Debt: Not In Front of the Children. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
  24. ^ The "Carol Vorderman: Secured Loan Ads Don't Add Up" Appeal. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
  25. ^ Martins Money Tips Email 9 May 2006 (scroll down for details). Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
  26. ^ Early Day Motion - Debt: Not in Front of the Children Campaign. Retrieved on 2006-08-27.
  27. ^ House of Commons Early Day Motion Number 564. Retrieved on 2006-09-03.
  28. ^ Martin Lewis's Blog. Retrieved on 2007-08-28.
  29. ^ Blog MoneySavingExpert. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.
  30. ^ Lara's Biography. Retrieved on 2008-01-03.

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External links

  • MoneySavingExpert, the official homepage of British financial journalist Martin Lewis

Articles

  • The Guardian: "Proud to be a terrorist"
  • The Times: "Kings of the Online Jungle"
  • The Guardian: "Cashing in on being a real nerd"
  • The Scotsman Martin Lewis moneysaving champ
  • The Guardian: "Countdown to a conundrum: Vorderman urged to stop adverts for loan company"
  • My Village: Martin Lewis interview

 

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