UnCANNed blog
Our CEO's views of the week
UnCANNed is a regular but light-hearted feature brought to you from Nick Cann, CEO, at the IFP. Well known for his forthright views and straight talking, read what Nick has to say about the latest Financial Planning news and events, as well as what he's been up to.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
It’s been a week when more starts to click into place for firms sorting out policy and actions for the rest of this year. The Finance Bill is out for consultation and that in itself is a jolly read as well as the update from HMRC re the VAT....
Friday, January 27, 2012
A busy week out meeting members having spoken at the Northern Home Counties Branch on Wednesday and the South Wales Branch yesterday morning. What was particularly encouraging, apart from the tremendous turn out at both venues, was the positive mood...
Friday, January 20, 2012
So we're well and truly into the new year now and a birthday to celebrate as well. First IFP Board meeting of the year and a good friend and member’s 50th birthday last night at the lovely Calcot Manor, Tetbury and an opportunity to...
Friday, January 13, 2012
Happy New Year to everybody as the curtain goes up for what will be a pretty busy year. There is so much to look forward to from all perspectives and I look forward to capturing the highlights as part of my weekly blog.
From a work point of view the...
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Three more sleeps until Christmas and this will be my last day in work until the 9thJanuary which is why the blog is coming out today. Please relax avid blog readers, it isn’t Friday already and so you still have time to get that last minute...
Friday, December 16, 2011
I signed off last week on the way to the Coldplay concert at the O2 with Jo. We had a great night and the concert brilliant. Those of you watching the X factor final on the Sunday (why would you?) will have seen the effect created by the wrist bands...
Friday, December 9, 2011
The week started with a reunion of a load of my old Flemings colleagues some of whom I hadn’t seen for the best part of 12 years and some a little longer. Not at all embarrassing like some of those school reunions as most seemed to have...
Friday, December 2, 2011
Well here we are in December already. I popped into the local shop this week and was asked whether I had started thinking about Christmas to which the answer was no. I happened to be in the next day (surely not a creature of habit) and before she...
Friday, November 25, 2011
Well it has been a million miles an hour this week with the excitement generated by Financial Planning Week. It all started at 5.15am on Monday morning when BBC Radio Scotland rang ahead of our scheduled 5.45 chat. Jo was delighted to answer the...
Friday, November 18, 2011
A night at the museum with all the creepy crawlies and dinosaurs. No, not another Network conference but the Financial Services Awards at the Natural History Museum as a guest of Financial Adviser. Recognition for excellent customer service which is...
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