How to focus CPD on a seldom used activity
From 1st October last year firms who undertake insurance activities in relation to insurance based…
Author Andy Snook
Andy Snook
I am a highly-versatile and forward thinking management professional with a history of successful delivery across more than thirty years’ in the Financial Services Industry. Core skills include assessing, training, coaching, process design and implementation, specialising in people, processes, and procedures within a Training & Competence or Learning & Development framework. Periodic writer for T-C News.com
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