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Top UK and Ireland small business journalists to follow on Twitter (2021 edition)

Top UK and Ireland small business journalists to follow on Twitter (2021 edition)
Dan Martin
Dan MartinFreelance content creator & event hostDan Martin Content & Events

Posted: Fri 31st Dec 2021

Want to get your business in the media? Check out the new edition of our hugely popular list of the top UK and Ireland business editors, correspondents and reporters to follow on Twitter. Connect, build a relationship and pitch your story!

At the end of the post, we've listed resources to help you secure press coverage for your business.

UK national journalists

James Hurley, business journalist, The Times


Richard Fletcher, business editor, The Times


Simon Lambert, editor, This is Money


Dan Martin, freelance small business journalist and event host (Dan is Enterprise Nation's current affairs reporter)


Sarah Bridge, Financial Mail on Sunday


Rachel Rickard Straus, deputy personal finance editor, The Mail on Sunday


Chris Goodfellow, CEO, Inkwell (content agency)


Rhymer Rigby, freelance journalist for The Times, Telegraph and Financial Times


Richard Tyler, editor, Times Enterprise Network


Hannah Prevett, deputy editor, Times Enterprise Network


Rebecca Burn-Callander, freelance business journalist


Ben Chapman, business reporter, The Independent


Jane Hamilton, journalist covering careers, social mobility, consumer and property, The Sun


Joanna Partridge, business reporter, The Guardian


Joel Hills, business and economics editor, ITV News


Declan Curry, business journalist and business presenter for LBC News


Ian King, business presenter, Sky News


Paul Kelso, business correspondent, Sky News


Helen-Ann Smith, business correspondent, Sky News


Katie Prescott, business correspondent, BBC News and BBC Radio 4 Today


Ben Thompson, business presenter, BBC News


Sean Farrington, business journalist and presenter, BBC 5 Live and BBC Breakfast


Sarah Corker, business presenter and reporter, BBC News and BBC 5 Live


Will Smale, business features writer and editor, BBC News website


Simon Jack, BBC business editor


Dougal Shaw, business reporter, BBC News


Rory Cellan-Jones, technology correspondent, BBC News


Chris Fox, technology reporter, BBC News


Felicity Hannah, freelance financial journalist (contributes to BBC 5 Live Wake Up To Money, BBC Radio 4's Money Box, The Mirror, Independent and more)


Paul McNamara, business and global trade correspondent, Channel 4 News


Helia Ebrahimi, economics correspondent, Channel 4 News


Georgie Frost, finance reporter, The Times, Times Radio, Talk Radio and more


Andy Bounds, enterprise editor and north of England correspondent, Financial Times


Jeff Parsons, technology and science editor, Metro


Elizabeth Anderson, freelance finance journalist and editor (Times Money Mentor and i paper)


Chris Newlands, business and money editor, the i paper


Angelica Malin, editor-in-chief, About Time Magazine


Lisa Sykes, editor, Simple Things magazine


Clare Ellen McDonald, business editor, Computer Weekly


Hunter Ruthven, content strategist and creator, Be The Business


Yessi Bello-Perez, EMEA editor, T Brand from the New York Times


Emma Sheppard, freelance journalist for Guardian, BBC, Sifted, Wired and more


Alison Coleman, senior contributor, Forbes


Praseeda Nair, editorial director, Fresh Business Thinking


Ross Darragh, writer, Startups.co.uk


Akansha Srivastava, editor-in-chief, UK Tech News


Laura Silverman, features editor, Country Living


Benjamin Chiou, writer and managing editor, Courier


Anna Flockett, editor, Startups Magazine


Paul Jones, editor, Business Matters


Dimitri Houtart, BBC rural affairs, food and environment editor

UK local and regional journalists

Hannah Baker, South West business editor, Business Live


Dave Harvey, business correspondent, BBC Bristol


Ellie Pipe, news editor and business editor, Bristol 247


Shona Wright, deputy editor, Tech Spark (Bristol, Bath and the West of England region)


Michael Ribbeck, editor, South West Business Insider


Sion Barry, business editor, Wales Online


Brian Meechan, business correspondent and presenter, BBC Wales


Tamlyn Jones, Midlands business editor, Business Live


Kurt Jacobs, editor, Midlands Business Insider


Tom Pegden, business editor, Leicester Mercury


Sascha O’Sullivan, comment and features editor, City AM


Graeme Whitfield, business and agenda editor of The Journal Business and North East editor of Business Live


Coreena Ford, chief business writer for ncjMedia in Newcastle


Tom Houghton, North West business editor at Business Live, Liverpool Echo and Manchester Evening News


David Laister, Yorkshire and Humber business editor, Business Live


Greg Wright, deputy business editor, The Yorkshire Post


Margaret Canning, business editor, Belfast Telegraph


John Campbell, economics and business editor, BBC Northern Ireland


Robert Buckland, editor, Bristol Business News


Greig Cameron, Scottish business editor, The Times


Kenny Kemp, editor, Scottish Business Insider


Kristy Dorsey, business correspondent, The Herald Scotland


Scott Reid, deputy business editor, The Scotsman


Douglas Fraser, business and economy editor, BBC Scotland


Joanna Bourke, deputy business editor, Evening Standard


Simon English, senior city correspondent, Evening Standard


Sam Metcalf, The Business Desk East Midlands


Mark Gough, business correspondent, ITV News Central

Ireland journalists

Resources for getting press coverage for your business

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Dan Martin
Dan MartinFreelance content creator & event hostDan Martin Content & Events
I'm a freelance content creator and event host who helps small businesses and the organisations that support them. I'm also Enterprise Nation's Local Leader for Bristol. I have 19 years of experience as a small business journalist having interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from billionaires like Sir Richard Branson to the founders behind brand new start-ups. I've worked for a range of leading small business publications and support groups, most recently as head of content at Enterprise Nation where I was responsible for the prolific output of content on the company's blog and social media. I now freelance for Enterprise Nation including hosting the Small Business sessions podcast. I'm based in Bristol where I run and host regular events with the local small business community in my role as Enterprise Nation's Local Leader for Bristol. I also have strong connections with other major business organisations in the south west region. In total, I've hosted over 100 events including conferences with an audience of hundreds for international brands like Xero and Facebook and live web chats from inside 10 Downing Street. With my partner, I co-run Lifestyle District, a lifestyle blog focused on culture, art, theatre and photography.

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