Online Finance Awards

The Paraplanner.com has been up and running for 6 months now and during that time we’ve seen the site grow from strength to strength. Each month we have more and more people joining the forum and adding their views and comments which is fantastic. It certainly is a mine of information. We’ve also just announced the winners of the very first Paraplanner of The Year awards in the UK and we are about to embark on a series of road shows around the country giving you all the opportunity to meet and get to know other paraplanners in your area.Richard and I set out on this amazing journey of ours individually about 3 years ago and together for the last 12 months and during that time it’s been amazing, scary, enjoyable, frustrating, tiring exciting and brilliant all at the same time.

However we’ve never shied away from believing that there was a need for a site like this and that people would appreciate it.

We just hope that in some small way the paraplanner.com has helped you do your job more efficiently and that you’ve enjoyed the experience of using the site.

It was also our intention that we would try to make the industry aware of what paraplanners are! It certainly seems that the role of the paraplanner and the important part they play in a modern financial practice is slowly beginning to become more understood and recognised and that all of us who work as paraplanners and slowly beginning to become more valued and recognised for the contribution we make.

If you have enjoyed visiting the site, whether it be to contribute via the forum or to look at the articles or to get some insight on a particular topic we thank you and hope that you have found what you’re looking for. We couldn’t have achieved what we have achieved without you!

The reason for writing this short article is simple. The categories for the Online Finance Awards have been announced and the organisers are looking for nominations. We would like to think that we have created a site which helps you and one which you return to time and time again.

If you think this is the case please nominate us. You can do so by clicking this link and it will only take about 30 seconds. We would suggest that ‘Online Community’ and ‘Education’ are the most appropriate categories but we will leave that decision to you.  You can vote here.

We hope that by receiving a lot of nominations the organisers will be able to recognise the skills of paraplanners and the benefits they bring to both the modern financial planning practice and the industry as a whole.

Thanks for voting

Martin and Richard