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Steph McGovern steps in to host the 2025 Probate Industry Awards

Award-winning journalist and broadcaster, Steph McGovern will host the seventh annual Probies Awards (2025 Probate Industry Awards) on 24 April in London.  

She replaces previously announced host, broadcaster Kate Garraway, who will be filming a major national TV programme which has an unavoidable scheduling clash.

Steph McGovern: An unrivalled journalistic career covering industry, enterprise and economics:

Working in financial journalism for over fifteen years, with eight years on BBC Breakfast, Steph travelled all over the UK covering economic news and broadcasting live from more than five hundred businesses. Whether speaking to factory workers or FTSE 100 CEOs, Steph’s mission was to uncover and explain the real economy. 

Currently, Steph co-hosts the The Rest Is Money with Robert Peston, where they explore the economic issues that affect our everyday lives, decode business jargon, and revisit some of the biggest financial events of the last half century. A frequent host and contestant on Have I Got News For You, Steph is also a regular guest on TV and radio panel shows. She also presented Steph's Packed Lunch, Channel 4’s live daily lunchtime magazine show. 

Away from news, Steph launched her own CBBC show looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs, Pocket Money Pitch. On BBC Two’s Made in Great Britain she joined 21st century makers exploring the skills and industries that built the nation. She co-hosted five series of the BBC One show Shop Well For Less, and four series of the consumer rights institution Watchdog. 

Outside broadcasting Steph is involved in community and education projects. She is a mentor for young people in her native Teesside and runs workshops with schoolchildren around the North East. Steph is a patron of the charity Rubies, supporting disadvantaged children, and is a former champion Irish dancer. 

This year’s Probies:

The Probate Industry Awards, now in its seventh year, recognises excellence across business operations, impressive growth, client satisfaction and meaningful social impact for companies providing probate services to the public.

Created by publicist David Stoch, founder of Meerkat PR the public relations firm, in recognition of the role probate research plays in generating stories of national interest, The Probies has been made possible by Probate.Auction, Finders International, Provira, Pro-Gen Research Limited MoveWithUs Premier Solicitors, Just Clear, Octopus Legacy, PS Group The Estate Registry The Level Group, Fleetwood Heir Hunting and Ampla Finance.

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This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by David Stoch .