People say write about what you know. So I did. I founded Broke Girl in the City - a smart girl's guide to leading a fabulous lifestyle despite being broke! A career spanning entertainment, bars & nightclubs (and frequenting them), film, music and TV, there isn't much I don't know about how to have fun in the city when completely broke.

Marie Ellis

The cost of loving: £2bn spent on Valentine’s Day this year

Marie Ellis·6th February 2023

The cost of loving: Brits set to spend over £2bn on Valentine’s Day Half of us (50%), according to a new study from TopCashback will be celebrating Valentine’s Day this year. The average amount Brits spend to celebrate their love...

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Millennials are the first generation to close the gender savings gap

Marie Ellis·23rd January 2023

Millennials are the first generation to close the gender savings gap Millennial savers are the first generation to not only close but reverse the gender savings gap, new research reveals. The Personal Finance Report 2023, by the UK’s most trusted savings...

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The cost of being single: £860 a month, and two-thirds of your financial resilience

Marie Ellis·16th January 2023

The cost of being single: £860 a month, and two-thirds of your financial resilience Findings from the third wave of the HL Savings & Resilience Barometer, January 2023. If, like me, you started off 2023 single. This headline isn’t what...

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Marie Ellis

The cost of loving: £2bn spent on Valentine’s Day this year

Millennials are the first generation to close the gender savings gap

The cost of being single: £860 a month, and two-thirds of your financial resilience