Time and new business - Colin Thomas on key challenges facing advisers

Speaker at Smarter Business Roadshow - 18, 19 and 20 October

Tom Ellis
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Tom Ellis talks to Prudential business consultancy manager Colin Thomas about how advisers can address some of the main challenges currently facing their businesses.

Thomas will be on the road next week with Professional Adviser's inaugural Smarter Business Roadshow, addressing the topic ‘Better ways to run your business and take advantage of the post-Brexit landscape', but of course a huge part of his role involves travelling around the country to visit advisers. He and his colleagues talk to them about the various challenges and opportunities they face and how they are looking to shape and grow their businesses. They will then share ideas, expertise and experiences on ways to go about making business objectives reality. For many advisers, says T...

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