Apprenticeships could solve IFA skills shortage - FundsNetwork

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As the new series of Alan Sugar's The Apprentice hits TV screens, Fidelity FundsNetwork is putting its weight behind the introduction of apprenticeships for the IFA sector.

To support bringing new talent into the industry, it has developed help and information for advisers to understand apprenticeships. This includes details of how the schemes work and how they are funded so that IFAs can make full use of all available resources to recruit and train the best people possible for their business. With the Government’s support for apprenticeships rapidly gathering speed, FundsNetwork predicts the number of people choosing an apprenticeship route into the financial services industry will spiral. It says the Government itself expects 1 in 5 people will take up...

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