I reject accusations of ‘pushing compensation culture’
We’ve just launched our new campaign to Reclaim Mis-sold Packaged Bank Account Fees. While the vast majority of the reception was positive, some decided to lambast, claiming this was just compensation culture. It’s not, it’s far from it, and I’ve five key reasons why… Yet before I explain, here are a couple of examples of the comments:...
MSE’s biggest day ever – over 1.5 million visits to the site
It’s January, and as always, that means it’s the peak month for people to sort their finances. Last week, the site smashed through its all-time record. As always, the biggest day was on a Wednesday, the day people receive our weekly email. In fact it’s the third Wednesday in a row we’ve broken the record. Now, I...
What’s happening to my £10m to charity?
Update: 3 November 2016: A new version of this blog is now available here: What happened to the £10m (now £20m) I promised to donate to charity? Last June I pledged, as part of the announcement MSE is joining the MSM group, that charities would receive £10m. The transaction completed at the end of September (it’s like...
Do I really look like that?
Daybreak has asked me to shoot a short promo film for my new 7.40am Deals of the Week slot I’ll be doing every Thursday. I agreed, but I was then slightly shocked to be sent the storyboard below. I have to admit I laughed out loud when I saw it – do I really look like that?...
I’m joining the team at ITV’s This Morning in 2013
I’m delighted to tell you that on Monday morning, I start the first of my regular weekly appearances on ITV’s This Morning (usually between 11.30am and 12pm) – joining Phil and Holly on the sofa to discuss MoneySaving and often doing phone-ins too. It’s very exciting for me to go back on such an iconic show. It’s...
Chart porn – My 10 most-read blogs of 2012
It’s time for my annual dose of chart porn – after all, who doesn’t love a good list? So here are my most-read blogs of 2012. Just over a million people read the top one, all the rest received 100,000s of views each. How safe is Santander UK? What I really think Can you buy stamps now,...
Ahhhhh – sweet pictures of children playing with Christmas boxes
Bah humbug, they said. You’re a Scrooge, they said. OK, so my experiment on my TV show (watch it here) to see if the old adage "kids prefer the wrapping to the presents" didn’t go down brilliantly with everyone. Thankfully, though, the kids did love it, and were completely mesmerised by the empty boxes. Ever since, I’ve...
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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...
