Former youth Olympic bobsledder among SJP's new graduates

Wealth manager trains up 17 advisers in West Midlands

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Former youth Olympic bobsledder Oliver Biddulph is among St James’s Place (SJP) latest cohort of young advisers, trained through its Solihull academy.

SJP today announced its latest graduates from its Blythe Valley Park academy in Shirley, which gives aspiring advisers and paraplanners in the West Midlands a chance to train for careers within the SJP partnership or their own or businesses. Youth olympian Biddulph, 27, competed for Great Britain in the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games.   He is among 17 graduates from the Solihill academy, along with a British Army Officer and a Royal Mail postal worker. Since it formed in 2015, 24% of individuals coming through the Solihull academy have started 27 new businesses in the area and sev...

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