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- 1. Who owns Trusted Reviews?
Founded in 2004, Trusted Reviews exists to give our readers thorough, unbiased and independent advice on what to buy.
We do this by employing experienced expert reviewers, who thoroughly test everything they recommend, to explain what’s best for most people. It’s that simple.
Today, our team assesses multiple hundreds of products a year, making us one of the most influential reviews websites in the UK.
Earning our audience’s trust is central to what we do – it’s in our name, after all – so please get in touch to let us know how we’re doing: editor@trustedreviews.com
Below, you’ll find out the following about us:
- Who owns us
- How to contact us
- Our editorial independence and how we test
- Our expert team
- Awards and recognition
- Who owns us
- Our policies and Codes of Practice
Who owns Trusted Reviews?
We are a privately owned sister company to Incisive Media with our board and majority shareholders being made up of the same people.
How to contact us
Trusted Reviews is currently in the process of setting up offices and testing facilities, so please contact the appropriate team member before posting in any items for review.
- You can also find us on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Say hello!
- Email the editorial team at editor@trustedreviews.com
- Manage your browser notifications
- You can find the contact details for each team member below
Advertise with us
For general advertising and brand partnership opportunities, please contact Chris.Walsh@trustedreviews.com
Licensing
All logos and editorial content on https://www.trustedreviews.com/ and any of its affiliate sites are trademark and copyright protected. All commercial use requires the express written consent of Trusted Reviews. To request permission for use in the UK, please contact:
- Chris.Walsh@trustedreviews.com, and our exclusive licensing partner
- Adcetera at trustedreviews@adcetera.com for all other territories.
Our editorial independence and how we test
- We operate under cast-iron principles designed to guarantee the freedom of our reviewers to express what they discover about a product.
- Unlike too many other sites, we thoroughly test everything ourselves. We use industry standard tests, in properly equipped facilities, to evaluate products in order to compare them properly against each other.
- Manufacturers don’t vet our reviews and we never accept money to test items.
- Read about our editorial ethics
- Read more about how we test and rate products
Our expert team
The Trusted Reviews team comprises many of the most experienced technology specialists in the UK. Our testers include well-known journalists with many years of expertise across mobile phones, computing, gaming, AV, photography and more.
Editorial
Alastair Stevenson, Editor
Alastair is in charge of Trusted Reviews’ and Recombu’s editorial output. He has more than a decade of experience as a journalist working in both B2C and B2B press.
Email: alastair.stevenson@trustedreviews.com
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Max Parker, Deputy and Mobile Editor
Max Parker is the deputy editor for Trusted Reviews and Recombu. He also directly manages Trusted Reviews’ mobile, wearables and tablet sections.
Max joined Trusted Reviews as a features writer in 2015.
Email: max.parker@trustedreviews.com
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David Ludlow, Home Technology Editor
Starting his career in the consumer PC press back in 1998, David has been writing about the forefront of technology for the past 20 years. David has edited Computer Shopper and launched Expert Reviews. He has written a number of books on PC building and maintenance. He looks after all things smart home and home appliances for Trusted Reviews, and is responsible for the technical accuracy of our home appliance tests.
Email: david.ludlow@trustedreviews.com
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Ryan Jones, Computing and Gaming Editor
Ryan runs Trusted Reviews’ computing channel. After graduating from Cardiff University in 2016, he worked at Stuff Magazine for two years as a staff writer, reporting on and reviewing a wide range of consumer tech and video games. Ryan joined Trusted Reviews in 2018 as a computing writer, with a particular focus on covering PC components, gaming gadgets and virtual reality.
Email: ryan.jones@trustedreviews.com
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Peter Phelps, Reviews and Evergreen Writer
Peter is a mobile tech writer, covering the latest smartphones, tablets and wearables in news stories, reviews and features. Previously, he worked as a business researcher for Which?, analysing the markets for a range of home, tech and gardening products. He graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in Politics & International Relations in 2017.
Email: peter.phelps@recombu.com
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Kob Monney, TV & Audio Editor
Kob began his career at What Hi-Fi?, starting in the dusty stockroom before rising up the ranks to join the editorial and production team as the Buyer’s Guide editor. Experienced in both magazine and online publishing, he now runs the TV & Audio section at Trusted Reviews, keeping a beady eye on all the latest comings and goings in the hi-fi and home-cinema market.
Email: kob.monney@trustedreviews.com
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Hannah Davies, Staff Writer
Hannah joined Trusted Reviews as a staff writer in 2019 after graduating from Royal Holloway, University of London. She’s also worked and studied in the US, holding positions as a video production assistant and multimedia consultant at Washington College. She has also built websites and written content for Hometown Multimedia in Chestertown, Maryland.
Email: hannah.davies@trustedreviews.com
Thomas Deehan, Buyers’ Advice Editor
After graduating with an MA in History from University College London and cutting his teeth for several years as a journalist in the film and TV industries, Tom joined the Trusted Reviews team as a Commercial Content Writer in 2018. Since then, he has expanded his skillset with a wide-ranging portfolio of reviews, testing the latest wearables, games, cameras, headphones and more. Outside of review content, Tom contributes regular opinion pieces and consumer-driven articles designed to help buyers make the right decision on their next big purchase. You can also find him weighing in on the latest products at Trusted Reviews’ sister site, Recombu.
Email: thomas.deehan@trustedreviews.com
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Awards and recognition
We are proud to have been nominated for a number of publishing industry awards in the past few years, including being shortlisted for Digital Brand of the Year by the PPA in 2018, and Best Online Media Property by the AOP in 2018.
Our ownership
Trusted Reviews and its associated brands are owned by TrustedReviews Limited, a sister company to Incisive Media.
Our policies
Privacy & cookie policy
Trusted Reviews recognises that privacy is a key concern for our readers. We provide a number of ways for you to control the data you provide to our advertisers.
Read our privacy & cookie policy
Editorial independence and ethics policy
Trusted Reviews operates under clear principles designed to protect our editorial integrity and to preserve the freedom of our reviewers to say what they think about a product.
Read about why you can trust our reviews
Terms and conditions
We ask you to read our terms and conditions before using any part of our site.
Third-party advertising policy
Trusted Reviews requires our third-party advertisers to adhere to the following guidelines:
Read our third-party advertising policy
Labelling of commercial content policy
In order to ensure there’s no confusion between editorial and advertising, Trusted Reviews labels paid-for content clearly.
Read our policy on the labelling of commercial content
Modern Slavery Act policy
This statement is made on behalf of Trusted Reviews’s leadership team with regards to the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
Read our Modern Slavery Act Statement
IPSO Editors’ Code of Practice
The Editors’ Code of Practice sets out the rules that newspapers and magazines regulated by IPSO have agreed to follow. TrustedReviews adheres to the IPSO Code.
Editorial independence
Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. To ensure this is possible, every member of the editorial staff follows a clear code of conduct.
Professional conduct
We also expect our journalists to follow clear ethical standards in their work. Our staff members must strive for honesty and accuracy in everything they do. We follow the IPSO Editors’ code of practice to underpin these standards.
Editorial independence
Editorial independence means being able to give an unbiased verdict about a product or company, with the avoidance of conflicts of interest. To ensure this is possible, every member of the editorial staff follows a clear code of conduct.
Professional conduct
We also expect our journalists to follow clear ethical standards in their work. Our staff members must strive for honesty and accuracy in everything they do. We follow the IPSO Editors’ code of practice to underpin these standards.