Protection firm doubles adviser numbers with academy proposition

The academy is providing monthly training sessions for advisers

Isabel Baxter
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Access Financial Services has completed its new adviser academy proposition with the introduction of a suite of CeMAP courses.

The protection firm's training manager Peter Phillips is spearheading the proposition with an aim to train and develop advisers.  It plans to introduce the new academy proposition to its protection-only team, along with any new advisers joining with a focus on protection. In the last year, Access FS has doubled its roster of advisers from 120 to 250. It expects to have 1,000 advisers over the next three years. As part of the proposition, the academy now conducts monthly training sessions, with up to 18 participants in each group. The curriculum includes CeMAP levels 1, 2, and 3,...

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