Applications for free Verve adviser training hit 400; 10 places secured by donations

The not-for-profit initiative, launched in October last year, was designed to build capacity across all levels and roles within financial services. It is a free training drive to attract and train individuals in order to build capacity across the industry.  The project was set up to encourage new talent - people the group said would not usually consider a career in financial services - to join the sector. So far, the pledges received are enough to cover the first cohort of 10 students, offering them a funded place, however, the group received 400 applications from budding trainees...