Verve Group launches not-for-profit initiative

‘We Are Change’

Jenna Brown
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Verve Group has launched a not-for-profit initiative, We Are Change, designed to build capacity across all levels and roles within financial services.

We Are Change is a free training-drive to attract and train up individuals in order to build capacity across the industry.  It has been set up to encourage new talent - people the group said would not usually consider a career in financial services - to join the sector. Verve Group added the initiative could go some way to addressing the advice gap which could be made worse as more adviser's retire in the coming years. Chief executive Cathi Harrison said: "Now is an opportune time to engage and educate new talent to attract them to finance - get them to think about a starting a car...

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