Editor's view: Flight of the paraplanner

The editor's Friday Night Takeaway from 10 January

Jen Frost
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New year, new job? PA’s People Moves hub has been popping this week, with a raft of recent appointments announced.

There's nothing new about a New Year job frenzy, with a recent Total Jobs survey suggesting that four million working Brits will be looking to trade up their job this January. That said, zooming in on advice, there's a worrying trend that could have some business owners sweating amid the New Year's job rush. That is: The flight of the paraplanner and administrator. I caught up with Antony George Recruitment and The Financial Planning Club co-founder Lewis Byford, who shared that there's a "massive change" taking place when it comes to the make-up of job seekers within advice. Namely, ...

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