Maddy Alexabder-Grout all things money
Maddy Alexander-Grout is a money expert, author and entrepreneur who is passionate about helping people improve their finances. After paying off around £40,000 of debt, she has built a successful career sharing practical advice on budgeting, saving money, side hustles and developing healthier financial habits.
In this episode of the East London The Complaining Cow Consumer Show, consumer rights expert Helen Dewdney talks to Maddy about her personal debt journey, practical money-saving tips, budgeting, changing spending habits and the steps anyone can take to improve their financial wellbeing.
About Maddy Alexander-Grout money specialist
Maddy Alexander-Grout is an award winning consumer money specialist, mum of two Ben (7) and Harriet (4) , she helps people with money from people struggling with debt to people who just want to make their money go further. After years of struggling with a spending addiction Maddy tackled her 40k of debt head on became an expert through learning on the job and starting her own money saving app.
Maddy started giving people her money saving tips on TikTok in February 2022 and has since grown to 30k followers and an average of 1 million monthly views.
Sadly Maddy’s business didn’t quite recover from the pandemic, so she decided to embark on a new mission, to launch a money community app called Mad About Money collaborating with other money specialists to bring a relatable content in a one stop shop to support people with their everyday living expenses.
Maddy has rainbow hair, she loves gin and is often found finding bargains in charity shops, not at the same time as drinking gin. (Well that’s what she tells me).
She loves shopping local and supporting small businesses.
She is a massive fan of pop punk music, festivals and gigs which she pays for using her fun fund.
Maddy Alexander-Grout interview on The Complaining Cow Consumer Show
Maddy Alexander-Grout talks getting out of debt & money saving tips, tricks & hacks
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About Helen Dewdney, The Complaining Cow
Helen Dewdney is a consumer rights expert, author and media commentator. She regularly appears on television, radio and in the press discussing money saving, consumer rights, customer service, scams and personal finance.
See more about Helen’s TV and radio appearances on the Media page.
If you’re looking for a keynote speaker on consumer rights, complaints, customer service or consumer behaviour, find out more about booking Helen for conferences, business events and training.
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