Liz Barclay
{{short description|UK broadcaster and Small Business Commissioner}}
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Liz Barclay (born c. 1954){{cite news|last=Hurley|first=James|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/ex-bbc-presenter-liz-barclay-to-tackle-curse-of-late-payments-db33cmcbp|title=Ex-BBC presenter Liz Barclay to tackle curse of late payments|work=The Times|date=16 March 2021|access-date=16 March 2021}} {{subscription required}} is a British-based Northern Irish broadcaster, journalist and writer.
Career
Barclay was born and brought up in Northern Ireland. Her early career was as a financial advisor and manager at the Citizens' Advice Bureau where she worked from 1985 to 1991. Her first job in radio was at the BBC where she was taken on as a researcher and producer in the Continuing Education department. She has been a presenter of You and Yours, the consumer affairs programme.[http://www.peoplematter.tv/LB.htm People Matter TV] She is a freelance presenter specialising in personal finance and small business.[http://uk.linkedin.com/in/lizbarclay LinkedIn: Liz Barclay] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120719225706/http://uk.linkedin.com/in/lizbarclay |date=2012-07-19 }}
She is the author of books on Sir Philip Green and Duncan Bannatyne. She writes a consumer affairs column for the Independent on Sunday. She is also a lay member of the NHS Equality and Diversity Council.
She has been the UK's Small Business Commissioner since 1 July 2021.UK Government, [https://www.gov.uk/government/news/liz-barclay-named-as-small-business-commissioner-to-lead-crackdown-on-late-payments-to-small-businesses Liz Barclay named as Small Business Commissioner to lead crackdown on late payments to small businesses], published 16 March 2021, accessed 5 February 2023
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External links
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/presenters/liz_barclay.shtml BBC - Radio 4 - Presenter - Liz Barclay]
- [http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/youandyours/liz_barclay.shtml BBC - Radio 4 You and Yours - Presenters - Liz Barclay]
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Category:Journalists from Northern Ireland
Category:20th-century women journalists from Northern Ireland
Category:21st-century women journalists from Northern Ireland
Category:20th-century journalists from Northern Ireland
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