NMBA apprenticeship scheme gains green light from SFA

Programme launches July 2017

Hannah Godfrey
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The New Model Business Academy (NMBA) has received formal accreditation for its new apprenticeship programme from the Skills Funding Agency (SFA).

The NMBA will now be launching its apprenticeship programmes in financial services advice, administration and paraplanning from July 2017. NMBA said the scheme was designed to address the current skills shortage within the financial services advice industry and encourage new recruits to the sector to help build the next generation of advisers and support capabilities. In December last year, when the body first applied to be part of the scheme, NMBA managing director Tom Hegarty (pictured) told Professional Adviser the scheme's unique selling point would be its ability to take an indiv...

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