Scottish Widows honours top IFAs

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Robert Reid, Buckles IFA, Billy Burrows and Becky Taylor are this year's winners of Scottish Widows IFA Awards-The Widows.

The awards are designed to recognise success and achievement amongst financial advisers and were announced at a gala dinner last Friday. Lifetime Achievement went to Syndaxi’s Robert Reid who was rewarded for his contribution to improving the IFA industry including his work as head of the Personal Finance Society. Industry Initiative of the Year was awarded to Buckles IFA for the introduction of a graduate training scheme to recruit new blood into the adviser community. This has led to the firm having the youngest Certified Planner in the country. Meanwhile, Billy Burrows from Will...

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