New work experience option for advisors launched

February 28, 2026 by Brendan O'Neill

Mortgage Advisors

A partnership has been announced between the Mortgage Train and Echo Finance, which will help to ease new advisors into their working lives.

These two brokerages have linked up to offer advisors a programme that will run for two weeks. It is designed for those who have completed the CeMAP mortgage advisor course but not yet begun employment within regulated advisory environments. The Mortgage Train and Echo Finance are hoping that it will help to prepare freshly qualified advisors for what they will encounter when they enter those environments.

During the two weeks of the programme, applicants will be taught the kind of practical skills and knowledge they need to make a success of their new careers. This includes strategies for landing more business and winning over clients; regulations they will have to comply with; and mortgage lender criteria.

Echo Finance is stating that demand among the target group is already high. This indicates that new advisors feel the need for something to ease their way into the job. Any advisors who make it through the programme with pass marks will be offered positions with Echo Finance.

Its co-founder Lee Trett said to Mortgage Solutions that:

“There is strong demand for high-quality advice across the UK, and supporting newly qualified brokers with the right infrastructure and oversight is essential.”

The opening programme is scheduled to be held in Gloucester around the middle of April.

There will be a lot of people who have just got their CeMAP qualification who may be reading about this programme with real interest.