In the Media

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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Skint Dad - as featured in

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

Savoo’s Smartest Shopper 2013

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

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Kent and Sussex Courier, 13 December 2013

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The Sun, 3 December 2013

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Kent on Sunday, 1 December 2013

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Kent and Sussex Courier, 29 November 2013

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