Author: James Andrews
James Andrews is an award-winning personal finance journalist, editor, speaker and presenter.
He is currently editor of Be Clever With Your Cash, as well as one of the two main hosts of our Cash Chats podcast.
Before joining the Be Clever With Your Cash team he was editor of Times Money Mentor from 2023 to 2025. He was previously a senior editor at RVU, as well as The Mirror’s online money editor and Yahoo!Finance editor for the UK and Ireland.
He regularly appears in print and on TV and radio discussing money matters.
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