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Nucleus technical communications manager Terry Huddart had never heard of a ‘smartphone’ ten years ago. How times have changed...

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Nucleus technical communications manager Terry Huddart had never heard of a ‘smartphone' ten years ago. How times have changed...

There has been a fair amount of talk recently about savvy IFAs harnessing technology and social media to enhance their business models. And there have also been some pretty unequivocal views along the lines of ‘those who fail to adapt are simply not going to survive’. Millennium bug Regardless of your viewpoint on how essential technology adoption is to even remain in business, never mind thrive, there can’t be any doubt that we are living in exponential times. The typical IFA business model only ten years ago was very different to what it is today. For those of us who are perhaps a...

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