Suggestions for Twitter users
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Beware that there are plenty of bogus accounts on Twitter. (Warren Buffet’s Twitter account is a spoof, for example – not surprising given he’s famously technophobic). Some of the rich and famous have officially verified their accounts, and boast a little icon in the top right of their Twitter page to prove it.
Media twitterers
BBC Business — Auntie Beeb’s take on the business news.
The Economist — The heavyweight magazine has pointers to all its web news and features.
Investors Chronicle — Keep up-to-date with the latest ideas from the fondly nicknamed Chronic Investor.
The Financial Times — The FT has embraced Twitter, with feeds for all its major sections and many of its key writers. As I write you can find most of them here.
Telegraph Finance — Business and money stories from The Daily Telegraph.
Working Lunch — The BBC’s long-running lunchtime consumer finance show.
Guardian Money — Make money with a clean conscience.
Specialist Twitterers
CityWire — Very regular news links focussed on the UK stock market.
Zoopla — A property search and comparison site that actively interacts with its followers on Twitter.
House Price Crash — The purveyors of property doom.
BBALIBOR — Remember how LIBOR, the interbank lending rate, spiked during the credit crisis? Follow this feed to spot if it starts rising again.
Personal finance blogs
Monevator — British blogger who writes about investing and other money matters.
PensionsMonkey — An independent financial advisor who tracks the pension crisis obsessively.
PensionGuru — Another pension fanatic.
MoneyWatch — Prolific linker to the latest UK money and finance stories.
Richard Beddard — British financial writer and blogger who also edits the Interactive Investor blog.
Organisations to check out
HM Treasury — You can follow the Government money mandarins if you’re a real finance geek. I won’t tell if you don’t.
10 Downing Street — The Prime Minister’s official Twitter Channel. Don’t expect updates from his Blackberry.
The White House — Same again, but with fries.
Citizens Advice Bureau — The service turned 70 this week, but it’s keeping up with the latest technology.
Folk to unleash your inner stalker
Declan Curry — The BBC’s business presenter is almost as garrulous on Twitter as on-screen.
Richard Branson — Who knows if Sir Richard and the other famous Twitterers really write their own updates? Fans will follow anyway.
Duncan Bannatyne — The Dragon is a very active user who frequently tweets to friends and fans.
Boris Johnson — He used to knock out the Spectator in an afternoon, so regular Twitter updates are no problem.
Hugh Hefner — The money shot mogul tweets about hanging around with Playmates at the age of 80. Or maybe his PR does while he has a nice lie down and a cup of hot chocolate.
Stephen Fry– Nothing to do with money, but it’s de rigueur to follow Mr Fry.
Les Armitage – Business; Healthcare and Franchising banter..
