Back to school: How to advise teachers

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In the third part of a series on advisers who specialise in different professions, Joanna Faith talks to Alan Bowers about advising teachers.

The directors of Teachers IFA have over 40 years combined experience in financial services advice for teachers. Alan Bowers and Mark Jones were both sales managers for Colonial (formerly Colonial Mutual), which was for many years the recognised provider of financial advice for the NASUWT (National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers). When Colonial started shutting branches in 1996, Bowers and Jones both set up their own businesses. They stayed in contact until 2000 when they decided to merge their companies. How do you market your firm? Alan Bowers:A lot of our busin...

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