We love sharing stories about the impact and benefits of MyPocketSkill for young people across the UK.
Matthew and Zara, our Co-CEOs and Co-Founders, are experts in financial education and Gen Z and are always keen to give interviews on a topic they are passionate about. We also have a growing team of Brand Ambassadors aged 13 - 24 who would also love to share their experiences with money, finance and our platform for GenZ.
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Read Amber Allott's article for National World where she interviewed Daniel, a photographer on our site about monetising his skills and delves into how why young people struggling to land a traditional weekend job are turning to new platforms . Read Amber Allott's article here
After winning the Santander X Global Challenge - recognising our work to support young people’s employability and financial literacy - Matthew Harker and Zara Ransely (CO CEOs and Co-Founders) were both featured in their local press. Read the article here
TechRound shines a spotlight on some top startups capturing attention and spearheading transformative change in their industries and beyond - including MyPocketSkill. Read more here
MyPocketSkill has been named in the UK's top fifty fastest growing start-up firms. You can read more about our involvement in the Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK) Scale Up Club here
Zara Ransley is empowering young people to be more financially capable through her innovative MyPocketSkill digital platform. Read more from Innovate UK, Women in Innovation success stories here
MyPocketSkill was featured in Sifted as one of Europe's fastest growing bootstrapped companies. You can read the full article here.
Zara Ransley, MyPocketSkill co-founder, won the major global female fintech competition, and we featured in an article about it which you can read here.
We featured in an article, following the announcement that MyPocketSkill is part of Technation Fintech 4.0 and the record investment into the UK Fintech sector. You can read it here
We featured in an article about the rising investment into Fintech companies like MyPocketSkill. You can read it here
Nabrissa Badu, a 17 year old from St. Alban's, shares her experience using MyPocketSkill as a Sixth Former. Nabrissa chats about the real world skills she's developed on the platform, the impact of COVID-19 on young people, and much more.
MyPocketSkill co-founder Zara Ransley joined Frankie Cotton on the Raise The Bar podcast to discuss the importance of learning-by-doing when it comes to financial education, and how MyPocketSkill is helping bridge the gap between work experience and earning money for young people. You can check it out here.
MyPocketSkill co-founder Zara Ransley shares some top tips to support young people earning about money for the Children and Young People Now publication. Have a read here.
In November 2020, we were featured in the Bath and Wiltshire Parent magazine discussing the importance of learning about money, and skills sharing.
Listen to our co-founder Matthew Harker discuss the importance of part-time jobs for young people on BBC Three Counties here.
We featured in an article about the rising number of tech companies in the South East. You can read it here.
UCL Educate wrote a piece on Zara Ransley, co-founder and COO of MyPocketSkill. Take a look here.
The Argus wrote about MyPocketSkill in the early days here.
Read co-founder Matthew Harker's insights in the Brighton and Hove Independent on the unrecognised talent of young people.
In this guest Octopus blog, co-founder Zara offers her unique perspective on whether entrepreneurs are born or bred.
Listen to our interview with Radio Verulam here.