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UnCANNed – Nick’s Pick of the News
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, UnCANNed is Nick’s new weekly update bringing you his thoughts on a topical Financial Planning issue in true Nick Cann style. Want to be notified when the next UnCANNed has been published? Simply fill in the subscription box below. Blog #39 You can have your cake and eat it - 23/10/2009A very good blog by Gavin Lumsden from Citywire at the beginning of the week although I was intrigued with the headline “Cann says that IFA’s can’t have their cake and eat it”. Normally headlines attributed to me like this would say something like “Cann eats cake with IFAs or Cann says that IFAs should eat more cake” so this was definitely a first. I do find it strange that so few people who respond to a blog don’t seem to have read or understood them before committing to print. Strange week as half term starts, we have the first of what looks like a number of postal strikes and the Looney from the BNP goes onto the telly. Nick Griffin must surely be the modern day David Icke who has probably been captured by aliens and been sent back to lead the British Nutter Party. Whatever next! Half term is always a great opportunity to get away for everybody else it would seem apart from us. Therefore a great opportunity to do stuff with the family. This translates to listening to the children telling us how bored they are with all the exciting suggestions that we make. However looking forward to quality time with eldest daughter Jemma going to watch “An Inspector Calls” next Wednesday. She is studying for GSCE and as it is such a difficult book to read apparently, it seems like a good idea to go and watch the play so at least she knows the story. I have also discovered that it is not just old IFAs who can’t do exams. Jemma tells me that she just freezes at the idea and can’t do them! Learning and revision are wonderful things! Great meeting with Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) this week. We are so close to the next stage of Financial Planning career development and they are really committed to change that will benefit the next generation of students and Financial Planners. 7IM have renewed their commitment to the University Team Challenge which focuses on the areas of skills that employers like Tescos suggest are so lacking in the students that they employ. As reported last week, the IFP CPD system threw up two quite different courses for me to visit over the last 7 days. Cheltenham was excellent but didn’t really enrich me as much as I had hoped whereas I had a much better day at Bath on Wednesday where balance was restored. Great Financial Planning outcomes. Went through all the disciplines and emotions, got some real lifestyle benefit as well as some great ideas for the future because I met some really interesting people. Really grounding when one of the staff of the hosts told me that I was the same age as her dad! How old must I be! Perhaps I need to consider some highlights when I go the barber for my half term haircut. Oh well looking forward to a break and a nice quiet weekend. Hope you all have one too!
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