Martin is the commercial lead for headlinemoney.co.uk and is well known amongst the UK financial journalist community.
He is a keen advocate for cash acceptance, having initially started a Government petition back in 2021 to compel retailers to accept cash payments.
Martin is regularly quoted in the media, including The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Fintech Times, The Sunday Express, GB News and Independent Retail News on all matters relating to cash access and acceptance.
You can follow Martin on LinkedIn.
Louise is the founder and owner of Amellior Business Support Ltd, a company she formed in 2007 to advise and assist start-ups and growing companies on how to advance and thrive. She has vast experience in marketing, PR, business development, project management and much more. Louise sits on the Advisory Board at Shrap, an innovative company that is committed to supporting the future of cash.
Louise is also a company culture and networking expert, and works extensively in inclusion, diversity and anti-racism projects. She sits on the board of health supplements company pHKind, and also on the board of Music Against Racism.
Louise cares deeply about the need for cash to stay an accessible and easy-to-use option for all, for reasons of inclusion and privacy, among others. She believes we must work together to protect the ability of consumers to access cash and banking services, and to have their cash very widely, if not universally, accepted.
You can follow Louise on LinkedIn and Twitter / X.
Andy started his working life as an engineering officer in the Royal Navy. After serving for 10 years, he left to become an entrepreneur, founding 3 technology businesses which he runs to this day. As a tech entrepreneur he knows the benefits that digital systems can bring us, but he is also only too aware of their limitations.
He has always believed in localism and decision-making at the lowest level, and he feels that centralised digital payments are pushing life in the opposite direction, taking power away from individuals and local communities. He says it’s essential that we retain universal cash payments to ensure personal freedom and social equality for years to come.
You can follow Andy on LinkedIn.
Carla did a science degree at university, and then spent over 20 years as a Producer/Director in TV documentaries, working on current affairs, science, true crime programmes and more. She worked on series for Netflix, Disney Plus, Animal Planet and UK Terrestrial channels. She now does marketing and communications for a small tech company, and is also a passionate campaigner. She has won awards for her cycle campaigning, and often talks about cycling, healthy streets, and consumer issues in the press, such as here and here.
Carla has only got back into using cash recently, after being persuaded of the arguments in an article by Brett Scott. She is now a complete convert – she has written her first blog here.
You can follow Carla on X here, and on Linked in here.