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Investment firm AJ Bell launches 2018 apprenticeship scheme

Manchester-headquartered AJ Bell is launching its 2018 apprenticeship scheme to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, which runs from March 5-9. The investment firm’s second intake of new apprentices follows last year’s inaugural scheme, which saw nine young people from across the north west join AJ Bell. Candidates for this year’s programme are urged to visit AJ Bell’s apprenticeships page from Monday, March 5 and submit their application. The company is looking for around 10 apprentices to join the scheme. AJ Bell provides online pension, investment and stockbroking services to more than 164,500 customers in the UK. AJ Bell moved into its new HQ at Exchange Quay, Salford Quays, last summer and has since been named as one of The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies to Work For in the UK.
The apprenticeship scheme is a two-year training programme incorporating critical skills such as communication and building customer relationships, alongside technical knowledge of financial products such as self-invested personal pensions and individual savings accounts. The apprentices will spend time in various client services teams, and will work towards obtaining a highly-regarded professional qualification. Each apprentice is also assigned a mentor to support them throughout their training and provide them with every opportunity to continue their career at AJ Bell after the scheme concludes. Andy Bell, the company’s chief executive, said: “Our first apprenticeship scheme has been a great success, both in terms of the professional and personal advancement of the apprentices and for the development of the business. It was great to see how easily the first group of apprentices integrated with our staff and they have very quickly become a valuable part of the teams they work with. They have been proactive, motivated and enthusiastic, so much so that we are looking at other areas of the business that could welcome apprentices in the future. “We are therefore delighted to be able to announce a second intake onto the scheme to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week. We look forward welcoming more local young people into the business later this year and helping them onto a successful career path.”

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