Journalism
Here are examples of my writing & reporting – From commissioned features to news coverage, investigations and financial guides.
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Exclusive: Charity fears Covid debts may drive millions to eye-watering 2,000% loans
The Sunday People / Mirror.co.uk, News, 12 Dec 2020Coronavirus: Holiday and travel guide
Money.co.uk, Feature, 6 May 2020Tips for shopping smartly during lockdown (Guide)
Money.co.uk, Feature, 6 May 2020Buying and owning a car in 2020 (Guide)
Money.co.uk, Feature, 5 May 2020A renters’ guide during the coronavirus (Guide)
Money.co.uk, Feature, 5 May 2020Coronavirus: You annual leave rights (Guide)
Money.co.uk, Feature, 4 May 2020Ten tips for budgeting during lockdown (Guide)
Money.co.uk, Feature, 4 May 2020Exclusive: Our Disney dream hell – Police probe firm in alleged £370k holidays fraud
The Sunday Mirror, News (Investigation), 17 Nov 2019Go West With Mickey customers fear they’ve lost Disneyland holidays – Here’s how to try and reclaim your cash
MoneySavingExpert.com, News, 3 Oct 2019Revealed: Sainsbury’s trial of new Nectar loyalty scheme extended nationwide
MoneySavingExpert.com, News, 20 Sep 2019Martin Lewis calls on UCAS to stop emailing ads for costly private 'student loans'
MoneySavingExpert.com, News, 6 Sep 2019Tesco Bank sells mortgages to Halifax - Here’s what you need to know
MoneySavingExpert.com, News, 3 Sep 2019
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Money, consumer & finance
MoneySavingExpert.com (MoneySupermarket Group)
Sale of 30,000 former Economy Energy customers to another supplier blocked by regulator (News - Jan 2019)
Former Economy Energy customers furious over credit refund delays (News - Jan 2019)
2020 target for smart meter roll-out 'will not be met' (News - Nov 2018)
Parents face fines as 'inaccessible' website leaves them unable to pay for childcare (News - Jun 2017)
Government childcare website dogged by technical issues continues to cause problems for parents (News - May 2017)
Vodafone roaming warning – just one text abroad could cost you £5 (News - Sep 2017)
Npower and E.on 'sorry' for misleading customers after MSE exit fees campaign (News - Dec 2017)
The Sunday Mirror (Mirror Group Newspapers)
Exclusive: Our Disney dream hell – Police probe firm in alleged £370k holidays fraud (Nov 2019)
The Independent (ESI Media)
Bitcoin is a currency, rules US judge (News - Aug 2013)
HSBC asks foreign diplomats to close accounts (News - Aug 2013)
Facebook testing a PayPal killer to simplify mobile payments (News - Aug 2013)
Barclays to refund 300,000 customers after admin error (News - Sep 2013)
The Sunday Times (Times Newspapers/News UK)
Tax breaks for the art you cannot see (News reporting - Apr 2012)
Dealreporter (Acuris Group)
Meda/Mylan M&A coverage (May 2016)
GSK - FT Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Conference coverage (Nov 2016)
Health & public sector
The BMJ (BMJ Publishing Group)
How online GP services are tackling safety concerns (Feature - Jul 2018)
Health Service Journal (EMAP)
Health secretary reveals 'biggest mistake' (Interview - Mar 2016)
'The matter is closed' – Hunt shuts door on the junior doctors' contract (Interview - Mar 2016)
Unexpected deaths review finds 'consistent failings in trust's risk assessments (News - Feb 2016)
Minister: Seven day GP pledge has been ‘misinterpreted’ (News - Jan 2016)
'Collapsing out of hours providers would get help, says Burt (News - Jan 2016)
Analysis: Size, spread and form of large scale GP groups (News - Jan 2016)
Exclusive: GP groups cover most of England but 'lack ambition and priorities' (News - Jan 2016)
Care.data: Patient data 'opt-in' discussed for the first time (News - Mar 2014)
NHS England hits back over highly critical Care.data report (News - July 2015)
Burt outlines incentives for GP deal (Interview - Nov 2015)
Trusts forced to look overseas to plug paramedic gaps (News - Jan 2015)
Exclusive: Department of Health to release £280m more A&E rescue funding (News - Oct 2014)
Norman Lamb: Mental Health targets 'must happen' (Interview - May 2014)
BMA to canvass GPs over 'mass resignation' (News - Feb 2016)
Field happy for trusts to run GPs (News - Oct 2015)
GP Federation could create a 'super partnership' covering 540,000 patients (News - Mar 2016)
Nursing Times (EMAP Publishing)
Junior doctors escalate strike withdraw to emergency cover (News - Mar 2016)
RCN agrees deal with BMI over unsocial hours pay (News - Aug 2015)
Concerns about sepsis care at special measures trust (News - Oct 2015)
First commissioning group placed in 'special measures' (News - Dec 2015)
Trust in South West launches overseas recruitment drive (News - Mar 2015)
Private mental health hospital put in special measures (News - Dec 2015)
Snap inspection triggered by staffing concerns at Staffordshire hospital (News - Sep 2015)
NHS clinicians will have to declare gifts from drug firms (News - Aug 2015)
Local Government Chronicle (EMAP Publishing)
Major hospital trust 'very interested' in becoming a social enterprise (News - Jul 2014)
Ministers: Mutuals 'central' to solving NHS challenges (News - Sep 2014)
Northamptonshire agrees revamped better care fund plan (News - Jan 2015)
Devon CCG acused of conflict of interest in £100m contract award (News - Mar 2015)
NHS trust to sue Hampshire council over tender award (News - Mar 2015)
Labour's 'profit cap' policy faces European legal hurdles, say lawyers (News - Apr 2015)
Tax barriers and staff opposition deter trusts from becoming mutuals (News - May 2015)
Expanding 'super-practice' wants GPs to work across acute care (News - May 2015)
All NHS 111 and out of hours tenders suspended (News - Jul 2015)
NHS trust that took over Stafford Hospital 'requires improvement' (News - Jul 2015)
Somerset commissioners propose single health and social care budget (News - Sep 2015)
CQC to fight 'risk of bias' against private providers (News - Jun 2015)
County and CCG seek £1.3bn devolved budget (News - Feb 2016)
The Times Higher Education (TES Global)
Mind, don't dismiss, the BME attainment gap (News feature - Nov 2012)
DigitalHealth.net (Digital Health Intelligence Ltd)
GDE Profile: Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (Feature - Jun 2017)
GDE profile: Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Feature - Jun 2017)
British Journal of Healthcare Computing (HIMSS)
Coverage from London e-Health Week conference in May 2018
WannaCry attack exposed trusts’ ‘negative return-on-investment’ syndrome, hears panel (News - May 2018)
‘No innovation without pain’ says Estonian e-Government pioneer (News - May 2018)
NHS Digital developing ‘avatar’ to answer data queries, UK e-Health week told (News - May 2018)
Insights (HIMSS Europe)
Teleconsultation in practice (Feature - Aug 2018)
Healthcare IT News (HIMSS Media)
NHS Digital developing 'avatar' to answer data queries, UK e-Health week told (News - May 2018)
DeHavilland Information Services (Ascential)
Reports covering parliamentary select committee sessions
Science budget and industrial strategy (Science & Technology Select Committee) Nov 2017
Work of the Money Advice Service (Treasury Sub-committee) Feb 2018
National newspapers & magazines
The Independent (ESI Media)
Bitcoin is a currency, rules US judge (News - Aug 2013)
HSBC asks foreign diplomats to close accounts (News - Aug 2013)
Facebook testing a PayPal killer to simplify mobile payments (News - Aug 2013)
Breast cancer drug's 'brain fog' side effects are real, say researchers (News - Sep 2013)
Gender abortions: Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt seeks 'urgent clarification' over lack of prosecutions (News - Sep 2013)
Obesity a growing problem as figures show 10-year-olds weighing over 20 stones (News - Aug 2013)
'Continuous' nuclear fusion comes one step closer (News -Oct 2013)
The key to Einstein's genius? An unusually 'well connected' brain, says study (News - Oct 2013)
Drivers warned over growing 'flash for crash' insurance fraud scheme (News - Aug 2013)
Barclays to refund 300,000 customers after admin error (News - Sep 2013)
GP services at 'breaking point' with longer waiting times on the way, claims survey (News - Aug 2013)
NHS spent more than £1bn on staff severence packages (News - Aug 2013)
The Sunday Times (Times Newspapers/News UK)
Thousands of doctors face sack (News reporting - Jul 2012)
Tax breaks for the art you cannot see (News reporting - Apr 2012)
They've read the book, now for the play (News reporting - Jul 2012)
The i newspaper & inews.co.uk (JPI Media)
Page 3 Profile: Stephanie Flanders, BBC Journalist (Sep 2013)
Page 3 Profile: Helen Skelton, television presenter (Sep 2013)
SAS sniper's lawyers to argue new trial 'not in the public interest' (News - Apr 2013)
Prospect Magazine (Prospect Publishing)
Miliband proposes changes to Labour's union links (News - Jul 2013)
Top ten political food gaffes (Feature - Jun 2013)
The Manchester Evening News (MEN Media/Reach)
Arise, Sir Danny? No thanks, says Citizen Boyle (News - Dec 2012)
Thanks again Mr Cameron – Another swathe of job losses and cuts on way (News - Dec 2012)
B2B & trade publications
Construction News (Metropolis/EMAP)
Department of Health increases land sales to meet housing targets (News - Feb 2014)
Campaign (Haymarket Media Group)
Beats' Robin Thicke ad escapes outright ban despite sexist complaints (News - Oct 2013)
The Brooklyn Brothers wins Man U-sponsor Apollo Tyres (News - Oct 2013)
Partners Andrew Aldridge hires Natalie Winford (News - Oct 2013)
Chris Whitson to leave VCCP me (News - Oct 2013)
New York City Football Club hires Droga5 (News - Oct 2013)
Spotify's BBC Playlister feature goes live (News - Oct 2013)
UKTN (formerly Tech City News)
Tech city firms unite in opposition against planning regulations (News - Feb 2013)
International media
The Irish Independent (Independent News & Media Plc)
'Chemical weapons attack' as Syrian opposition claims up to 1,300 killed (News - Aug 2013)
The Korea Times (Hankook Ilbo/Dongwha Enterprise)
May's election call shrewd but weak (Comment - Mar 2018)