Ricky Willis aka Skint Dad is a multi-award winner and has been sought out to feature in national press, online media and appear on radio & television.
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Regular columnist
Daily Mirror, weekly column
Quidco, weekly blogger
MoneyWise, monthly column (also in print)
MoneyAware (StepChange Debt Charity), regular column
Kent and Sussex Courier, weekly Skint Dad column
Awards and recognition
Santander UK Financial Media Awards, finalist for the Money Blogger of the Year 2015
Show Me The Money Bloggers – SHOMOs, winner of the Money Blogger of the Year 2015
SHOMOs, winner of the Best Frugal and Thrift Blog 2015
SHOMOs, finalist in the Best Personal Finance Blog 2015
SHOMOs, finalist in the Best Lifestyle and Money Blog 2015
SHOMOs, finalist in the Best Social Media 2015
SHOMOs, finalist in the Most Innovative Blog 2015
MAD Blog Awards, finalist for the Best Thrifty Blog 2015
Plutus Awards, finalist for the Best International Personal Finance Blog 2015
PeerIndex, number 6 in the top 50 most influential people tweeting about money, personal finance, banks and bargains
MAD Blog Awards, winner of the Best Thrifty Blog 2014
MAD Blog Awards, finalist for the Best New Blog 2014
Plutus Awards, finalist for the Best International Personal Finance Blog 2014
Cision, number 5 of the top 10 UK Dad Blogs 2014, June 2014
Express, Top 10 Daddy Blogs, 13 June 2014
TOTS100, number 3 of the top 25 Dad Blogs 2014, June 2014
Brilliance in Blogging, short listed in Commentary & Campaigns 2014
Love All Dads Awards, winner of Most Likely to Become Famous 2014
Love All Dads Awards, winner of Tight As a Ducks Butt 2014
Online
Ashleigh Money Saver, 5 tried and tested ways to reduce your food bill, 18 June 2015
March blogger of the month, GoCompare, 26 March 2015
Soha Housing, top tips to reduce your supermarket spend, 26 February 2015
TOTS100, Pro-Blogger Interview – Ricky Willis, Skint Dad Blog, 18 February 2015
Money Advice Service, keep your children and your wallet happy this half term, 14 February 2015
Gocompare Covered Mag, January 2015
BT, columnist
MyFamilyClub, Skint Dad’s Six Sneaky Money Saving Tips, 7 May 2014
Which! Conversation, My Christmas payday loan sent me into a spiral of debt, 12 December 2013
MyFamilyClub, Money, money, money, in a Skint Dad’s World, 2 December 2013
Netmums Blog, Skint Dad’s Guide to a Thrifty Christmas, 29 November 2013
Money Saving Expert, £10k comping prize turns SkintDad into winning dad, 19 November 2013
Savoo blog, Meet the UK’s Smartest Shopper 2013, 21 November 2013
TV
Yahoo Finance, interview, September 2014
ITV This Morning, 28 August 2014
Radio
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BBC Radio WB with Mollie Green, Skint Mum answers some money saving questions, 20 September 2014
BBC Radio WB with Mollie Green, 11 January 2014
BBC Radio Kent with Julia George, 2 December 2013
In Print
Take a Break, 9 January 2014
Kent and Sussex Courier, 13 December 2013
The Sun, 3 December 2013
Kent on Sunday, 1 December 2013
Kent and Sussex Courier, 29 November 2013