Press Coverage



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.

Get in touch at [email protected]



Teen who 'couldn't find a part-time job' has now made over £3,000 from photography gigs (August 2024)

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

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Local business supporting Sussex teens recognised at global awards (July 2024)

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

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Top Startups In Brighton To Keep An Eye On (April 2024)

TechRound shines a spotlight on some top startups capturing attention and spearheading transformative change in their industries and beyond - including MyPocketSkill. Read more here

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Female founders dominate cohort of fast-growing start-ups

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

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Women In Innovation Success Stories: Zara Ransley, MyPocketSkill, South East

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

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Europe's Fastest-Growing Bootstrapped Companies Looking for Investment

MyPocketSkill was featured in Sifted as one of Europe's fastest growing bootstrapped companies. You can read the full article here.

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MyPocketSkill Wins 2021 Edition of Female FinTech Competition

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.

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Fintech Sector Receives Record Investment in Third Quarter

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

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Fintech Reaches All-Time Record Investment in Q3

We featured in an article about the rising investment into Fintech companies like MyPocketSkill. You can read it here

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Radio Verulam Interview 2021

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.

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Raise The Bar Podcast 2021

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.

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Children and Young People Now Blog 2021

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.

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Bath and Wiltshire Parent Magazine 2020

In November 2020, we were featured in the Bath and Wiltshire Parent magazine discussing the importance of learning about money, and skills sharing.

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BBC Three Counties Radio Interview 2020

Listen to our co-founder Matthew Harker discuss the importance of part-time jobs for young people on BBC Three Counties here.

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Silicon south coast: the UK’s growing coastal tech hubs

We featured in an article about the rising number of tech companies in the South East. You can read it here.

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UCL Educate

UCL Educate wrote a piece on Zara Ransley, co-founder and COO of MyPocketSkill. Take a look here.

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Challenge to ‘find a teenager for a task’

The Argus wrote about MyPocketSkill in the early days here.

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Linking up teens with tasks to boost entrepreneurial skills

Read co-founder Matthew Harker's insights in the Brighton and Hove Independent on the unrecognised talent of young people.

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From paper rounds to global empires: empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs

In this guest Octopus blog, co-founder Zara offers her unique perspective on whether entrepreneurs are born or bred.

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Radio Verulam Interview


Listen to our interview with Radio Verulam here.

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