NMBA applies to be government-recognised training body

Apprenticeship Standard a 'game-changer'

Hannah Godfrey
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The New Model Business Academy (NMBA) has applied to be added to the Register of Apprenticeship Training Providers.

Acceptance onto the register would accredit NMBA as a government-recognised training body, enabling it to support the apprenticeship requirements of financial advice firms throughout the industry. Last month, the government set out formal standards for adviser apprenticeships. According to NMBA managing director Tom Hegarty (pictured), the unique selling point of the training scheme his organisation offers is it is "the full end-to-end package" in that it can take an individual with no experience and train them to a competent adviser level. He added: "Where most schemes only take a ...

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