This year's Paraplanner of the Year Award will now be run by the Institute of Financial Planning as its reaches its sixth year.
The award was set up and previously run by The Paraplanner.com, an outsourced Paraplanning firm set up by Richard Allum CFP^CM.
Previous winners of the award include Jane Holt from Mackenzie Financial Planning and Gary Tunstall from Para-Sols.
Mr Allum will continue as one of the award's judges alongside Paraplanner Martin Vaughan CFP^CM, Patrick Ingram from award sponsor Parmenion and chair Steve Gazzard CFP^CM chief operating officer at the IFP.
Entries open on 5 August and are open to all Paraplanners in the UK, not just those who are IFP members.
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The deadline for entries is 6 September and the winner will be announced at the annual IFP conference in late September.
Mr Allum, who is also an IFP board member, said: "The IFP's dedication to professional development in Paraplanning has been instrumental in raising Paraplanning's profile and its professional standing over recent years.
"Rewarding exceptional performance among their peers, the award not only attracts more and more entries from a greater number of outstanding Paraplanners each year, but it also serves as the benchmark for professional conduct and standards against which a growing pool of UK Paraplanners are able to aspire."

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