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Personal and professional development is a fundamental aspect of being a great paraplanner. Our Development Zone aims to give Paraplanners and Paraplanner Team Leaders access to insightful, practical and enlightening articles to help them in their development journey.

Capital Gains Tax changes with BTL case study

16 January 2023

The Brand Financial Training team provides an update on the changes to CGT, the first stage of which will come in from April 2023 and looks at how this will particularly affect buy-to-let investors. The Capital Gains Tax (CGT) annual exempt amount has always been considered quite generous… Well, that’s set to change from next tax...

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5 reasons why you might be in the wrong job

16 January 2023

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Practical guidance for R06 exam – with January Case Studies

13 January 2023

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6 ways team leaders can keep their staff happy

9 January 2023

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We need to celebrate our successes – exams and otherwise

9 January 2023

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Ask the experts: What are your exam/study questions?

6 January 2023

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Develop the expectation that you will succeed? – Development Zone in Association with Fidelity Adviser Solutions

15 December 2022

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Founding my outsourced paraplanning business

13 December 2022

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How to develop a bullet proof attitude? – Development Zone in Association with Fidelity Adviser Solutions

13 December 2022

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