TV presenter Anna Ryder Richardson is struggling to make ends meet after buying a zoo that had to close during lockdown. Ryder Richardson, the face of TV show Changing Rooms for many years, runs Manor Wildlife Park in Wales. The park lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in income following the coronavirus outbreak and has … Read more
Investment: Jenny Powell owns four buy-to-let flats The best money decision that TV presenter Jenny Powell ever made was buying her own home following her divorce. Despite being a ‘hormonal divorced wreck’ with two young children, she managed to buy a £940,000 house that now, just over a decade later, is worth around £1.5million. The … Read more
Former Special Forces soldier Ollie Ollerton thinks it’s not worth investing in either pensions or property because neither is the route to wealth. Instead, Ollerton, star of Channel 4 TV show SAS: Who Dares Wins, prefers to invest in his own businesses and designer watches. He does not save into a pension and rents his … Read more
On the ball: Jonathan Davies has invested in property Former rugby star Jonathan Davies would abolish inheritance tax if he were made Chancellor of the Exchequer. Davies was a schoolboy when his father died from cancer and later he lost his first wife, Karen, to the disease when his youngest child was only a year … Read more
TV presenter Anna Williamson is feeling lucky that she has saved for a rainy day. The star of Celebs Go Dating says coronavirus has had an ‘enormous’ impact on her financially, but it has also made her feel thankful for what she has, including her good health. If she were the Chancellor, she would provide … Read more
Former jump jockey Richard Pitman would abolish income tax if he was Chancellor of the Exchequer. Pitman rode 470 winners in his career, but was famously beaten into second place in the 1973 Grand National on board Crisp by Red Rum, three-time winner of the Aintree race. He reveals he could earn the equivalent of … Read more
Singer and guitarist Russell Hastings thinks the Government should set up a social deprivation fund to help people who have lost income due to the coronavirus. Hastings is a member of band From The Jam – an offshoot of The Jam. They have had to cancel 60 tour dates, but are planning to return in … Read more
TV presenter Jules Hudson says the coronavirus outbreak has had a ‘devastating’ impact on his finances – and he would like the Chancellor to do more to help self-employed media workers like him. Hudson, 50, who has had to stop filming BBC One’s Escape To The Country due to the lockdown, also reveals that he … Read more
Chef: Sophie Faldo was the winner of TV show, the Great British Bake Off, in 2017 Sophie Faldo, winner of Great British Bake Off in 2017, expects that she will never earn enough to be able to buy her own home. The 35-year-old former soldier, who served in Afghanistan in her 20s, currently rents a … Read more
TV presenter and children’s author Konnie Huq thinks people who buy brand names are wasting their money and should be spending their cash either trying to make society more equal – or saving lives. Huq, 44, who made her name as the longest-serving female presenter of Blue Peter, says she doesn’t need any more money … Read more