Anna Sofat: Lessons from starting my first business
Necessity really is the mother of invention

Award-winning adviser Anna Sofat reflects on her 30-year career in the sector and shares the lessons she has learned as a business owner
The Best Practice Network recently asked me to share my story with their advisory community. I am not a dwelling-in-the-past type of person, I tend to look forward, but for the first time, I did spend...
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