Here at Premier Jobs UK, one of our most popular enquiries are for Trainee Mortgage Advisor positions. These vacancies are excellent opportunities to get started in mortgage advice, and they give the opportunity to work at some amazing firms. These are typically, very competitive roles due to how great of an opportunity they are. However, …
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A Paraplanner is a popular role within Financial Services. Paraplanners assist Financial Advisors in Financial planning. They play a big role in making sure clients get excellent advice through their research. Paraplanners will often perform tasks such as analysing different financial data, prepping reports, product research, preparing clients’ files and much more. Some people become …
A career as a Paraplanner can be a rewarding one, with a multitude of benefits that sell it as a good opportunity. Commonly, Paraplanners will progress into Financial Advice, but nowadays more and more people are deciding to continue as a Paraplanner with no plans to develop into advisory. There is variety in a Paraplanners …
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Deciding whether to go self-employed is a decision that requires careful consideration. Through providing a consultative service here at Premier Jobs UK, we regularly support candidates choosing to move to self-employment, including many for the first time. Here are a few things for you to consider when deciding whether now is a good time for …
As recession looms over the British economy, redundancy is becoming an increasingly likely possibility for many Britons. Inflation is at a high of 11.1% and it is a common concern for many households to pay for essentials like food and heating. The instability of the economy is bound to make people restless, and will provoke …
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In today’s blog, we are going to cover how to join Zoom meetings and Teams meetings. Joining online meetings is becoming more and more important. The financial services industry is becoming increasingly remote, so important conversations between clients and candidates, colleagues and businesses are progressively likely to be held on an online service like Microsoft …
International women’s day Last week we celebrated international women’s day so we thought it would be useful to provide a bit of information regarding how to break the bias in the workplace. Alyson Cane, Business Development Consultant at Premier Jobs UK commented “International Woman’s Day is a day to celebrate Women to showcase some really …
In this blog, we will cover some frequently asked CeMAP questions. We will be taking questions that our candidates ask us directly, ones from Google and then also old comments from our YouTube channel. Commonly asked CeMAP questions Q) Which CeMAP exam is the hardest? A) Many deem CeMAP 1 to be the hardest module. …
December is notably a quiet time of the year in general for lots of people. For many, it means winding down for the year and taking some well-deserved leave to be with the family and relax over the holidays. However, you may not realise that it is also a great time to get started on …
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In the UK to provide Mortgage Advice, you must have a qualification recognised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). If you don’t have a recognised qualification, you can’t legally provide regulated Mortgage Advice in the UK. Although there are many mortgage qualifications the two main qualifications that are recognised as industry standards come from the …
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