Maria Shahid
@propjourn.bsky.social
Journalist (solicitor (np)/mum to teens
Brand storyteller and media relations (www.komconsult.com)
Legal/Property/Money/Lifestyle
Law Society Gazette,The iPaper, Drapers, The Telegraph, Inside Housing, Euromoney, Tech Monitor.
Brand storyteller and media relations (www.komconsult.com)
Legal/Property/Money/Lifestyle
Law Society Gazette,The iPaper, Drapers, The Telegraph, Inside Housing, Euromoney, Tech Monitor.
I’ve had a bit of a lull in newsletters but my next one is due to go out imminently and looks at how I pitch ideas and what I’m looking for in press releases - sign ip using the link in my bio: www.komconsult.com
K.O.M. Consult I Legal and Property Content and Media Relations
Content PR and media relations for law firms and real estate property companies KOM Konsult
www.komconsult.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I’ve had a bit of a lull in newsletters but my next one is due to go out imminently and looks at how I pitch ideas and what I’m looking for in press releases - sign ip using the link in my bio: www.komconsult.com
For the Telegraph Money I’m looking for women who relying on their partner’s pension but are worried due to a lack of communication about retirement #casestudyrequest
November 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
For the Telegraph Money I’m looking for women who relying on their partner’s pension but are worried due to a lack of communication about retirement #casestudyrequest
Case study: looking for women in midlife who are suffering from pension anxiety. Also,
#journorequest for UK experts able to talk to me about rising financial and/or pension anxiety among women.
#journorequest for UK experts able to talk to me about rising financial and/or pension anxiety among women.
October 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Case study: looking for women in midlife who are suffering from pension anxiety. Also,
#journorequest for UK experts able to talk to me about rising financial and/or pension anxiety among women.
#journorequest for UK experts able to talk to me about rising financial and/or pension anxiety among women.
We really need to start talking about what a privilege it is to be able to exercise daily. It’s not something most people can afford or make the time for or actually be able to do physically so I’m just a bit tired of reading about it.
October 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We really need to start talking about what a privilege it is to be able to exercise daily. It’s not something most people can afford or make the time for or actually be able to do physically so I’m just a bit tired of reading about it.
Reposted by Maria Shahid
Families are being failed by a lack of SEND support - the system is woefully inadequate. @propjourn.bsky.social
reports on EHCPs and tribunals.
#SEND
communitylivingmagazine.com/how-to-get-a...
reports on EHCPs and tribunals.
#SEND
communitylivingmagazine.com/how-to-get-a...
How to get a school support plan
Education, health and care plans are intended to ensure children receive the support they need but the system is complex and councils struggle with the cost – so reforms are on the horizon. Maria Shah...
communitylivingmagazine.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Families are being failed by a lack of SEND support - the system is woefully inadequate. @propjourn.bsky.social
reports on EHCPs and tribunals.
#SEND
communitylivingmagazine.com/how-to-get-a...
reports on EHCPs and tribunals.
#SEND
communitylivingmagazine.com/how-to-get-a...
My piece ib tbr @telegraph about the over-55s accessing their pensions early www.telegraph.co.uk/money/pensio...
Access Restricted
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
My piece ib tbr @telegraph about the over-55s accessing their pensions early www.telegraph.co.uk/money/pensio...
My piece on EHCPs for @communitylivingmagazine.com is now free to view: communitylivingmagazine.com/how-to-get-a...
How to get a school support plan
Education, health and care plans are intended to ensure children receive the support they need but the system is complex and councils struggle with the cost – so reforms are on the horizon. Maria Shah...
communitylivingmagazine.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
My piece on EHCPs for @communitylivingmagazine.com is now free to view: communitylivingmagazine.com/how-to-get-a...
Loved being involved in this issue providing an overview of the EHCP process.
NEW stories out tomorrow Friday 3 Oct, including:
- what's cooking
- UK and US cuts @maryohara1.bsky.social
- EHCP challenge @propjourn.bsky.social
- accessible healthcare @learningdiseng.bsky.social
- Barriers to Adult Life @samcarlisle.bsky.social
communitylivingmagazine.com
- what's cooking
- UK and US cuts @maryohara1.bsky.social
- EHCP challenge @propjourn.bsky.social
- accessible healthcare @learningdiseng.bsky.social
- Barriers to Adult Life @samcarlisle.bsky.social
communitylivingmagazine.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Loved being involved in this issue providing an overview of the EHCP process.
Two down one to go…features filed I mean 🙃 #journolife
September 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Two down one to go…features filed I mean 🙃 #journolife
I’m still looking for data on why over 55s are taking their pensions early - data not anecdotal evidence #journorequest
September 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
I’m still looking for data on why over 55s are taking their pensions early - data not anecdotal evidence #journorequest
If you want to know what gaslighting is go and take a look at the trolling on @london.gov.uk’s social media. I suspect that most Asian people will be able to relate on some level.
September 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
If you want to know what gaslighting is go and take a look at the trolling on @london.gov.uk’s social media. I suspect that most Asian people will be able to relate on some level.
Reposted by Maria Shahid
Normal People author Sally Rooney has been advised she 'can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest' due to her support of Palestine Action 👇
Sally Rooney: I cannot safely enter UK without facing arrest over Palestine
www.thenational.scot
September 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Normal People author Sally Rooney has been advised she 'can no longer safely enter the UK without potentially facing arrest' due to her support of Palestine Action 👇
This is just horrendous: liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/392...
Afghans who worked for the British Army are deported back to the Taliban
Pakistan expels 13 Afghans despite them being under the care of the UK’s relocation scheme
liveapp.inews.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 7:00 AM
This is just horrendous: liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/392...
Looking to speak to UK fashion brands (large and small) affected by Trump’s tariffs for a piece in Drapers #journorequest #tariffs
September 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Looking to speak to UK fashion brands (large and small) affected by Trump’s tariffs for a piece in Drapers #journorequest #tariffs
My business rates feature in this month’s Drapers : www.drapersonline.com/insight/anal...
Business rates: how will the new multiplier and 2026 revaluation affect fashion retail?
Drapers examines what the new business rates multiplier promised in this year's Autumn Budget, teamed with the planned revaluation, will mean for the fashion retail sector.
www.drapersonline.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
My business rates feature in this month’s Drapers : www.drapersonline.com/insight/anal...
I’m looking for people in the mid to late fifties who have decided to access their pension pots early in order to meet rising costs of living, school fees, mortgage repayments etc. For the Telegraph money. #journorequest
September 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m looking for people in the mid to late fifties who have decided to access their pension pots early in order to meet rising costs of living, school fees, mortgage repayments etc. For the Telegraph money. #journorequest
My latest piece for the iPaper looks at the stigma still attached to GLP-1: Source: The i Paper share.google/bFaKBnwXBKxg...
I kept my Mounjaro habit a secret - I was worried it wouldn't work
Weight loss drugs are increasingly ubiquitous and yet, for some, still carry such a stigma that they prefer not to reveal that they are taking them
share.google
September 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My latest piece for the iPaper looks at the stigma still attached to GLP-1: Source: The i Paper share.google/bFaKBnwXBKxg...
Side note: that must have been quite a pad for £800k
September 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Side note: that must have been quite a pad for £800k
Reposted by Maria Shahid
My primary impression of Rayner's arrangements regarding her child was what an amazing example of a "good divorce" this was and how dedicated both her and her ex husband obviously are to their co-parenting responsibilities and their children's welfare.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
September 5, 2025 at 9:38 AM
My primary impression of Rayner's arrangements regarding her child was what an amazing example of a "good divorce" this was and how dedicated both her and her ex husband obviously are to their co-parenting responsibilities and their children's welfare.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
I have not seen this mentioned anywhere once.
A shame to see lovely Hove hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons…
September 5, 2025 at 12:32 PM
A shame to see lovely Hove hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons…
Hello people who like to wave St George’s flags in front of hotels housing immigrants. Might be best not to do so while blaring our Queen songs…do they know he was the child of immigrants?! The mind just continues to boggle…
September 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Hello people who like to wave St George’s flags in front of hotels housing immigrants. Might be best not to do so while blaring our Queen songs…do they know he was the child of immigrants?! The mind just continues to boggle…
Different ethnicities have different challenges around weight loss. Notice how a lot of the judgment towards Serena being open about using jabs to lose weight is coming from white women.
August 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Different ethnicities have different challenges around weight loss. Notice how a lot of the judgment towards Serena being open about using jabs to lose weight is coming from white women.
I’m looking for Menopause doctors who prescribe weight loss jabs to women
August 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
I’m looking for Menopause doctors who prescribe weight loss jabs to women
Hello! I’m looking for women who are on weight loss jabs and haven’t told their friends/family/partners. For the iPaper. Thanks #journorequest
August 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hello! I’m looking for women who are on weight loss jabs and haven’t told their friends/family/partners. For the iPaper. Thanks #journorequest