[1] She has made appearances on several British television programmes, principally addressing financial and property matters from the point of view of the consumer.

Birtles has monthly money columns in Reader's Digest,[4] Closer magazine, and Prima Baby.

Other titles include:[6] As a public speaker[7] Birtles has spoken at conferences for a wide variety of companies and organisations.

[8] She performed a one-woman show – a humorous take on money management – at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2005,[9] called "How to be Rich Without Really Trying".

After university performed briefly as an actress and toured with a production of Don't Dress for Dinner.