Debt Consolidation is not the answer. Shame on you Alliance and Leicester
Update Note: A&L contacted me after it read this blog. Its PR consultancy incorrectly sent me an early draft of the release. A&L itself had rewritten it to delete the reference to consolidation and this is the one I should have got. It’s apologised I got the wrong one and I’m pleased to see it wasn’t pushing...
Putting a bit of slap on the site
As you’ll see from today there’s a new logo at the top of the site. Now this isn’t a redesign, in some ways it’s a bit of a cheat. All we’ve done is swapped the images that were there – which enables a speedy cosmetic makeover. A proper redesign is planned for next year, but it’s a...
Life’s exciting at the moment, but boy am I exhausted
Just finished a series of meetings this afternoon. Rather excited that after Make Me Rich ends, I’m going to be on a new ITV series that starts in January. I can’t tell you too much as I’m not sure how much of it is public, but it’s a magazine type programme and I’ll be doing a weekly...
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Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of...
