The self-employed division of Just Mortgages has announced the launch of New Starter Boost, a package of support to help advisers in their early days as self-employed.

The package is designed to encourage those thinking about making a move into self-employed by helping to answer some of the concerns around financial uncertainty when they do make the switch.

New Starter Boost offers new self-employed advisers access to pre-qualified leads to populate their diary in those early months.

The aim is to help advisers hit the ground running and build a pipeline of new business as quickly as possible.

In addition, New Starter Boost includes a commission advance scheme where new advisers are able to access an interest free loan to support them in their first few months.

Not only does the initiative take into account the longer transaction times seen in the market, but it enables advisers to focus on their clients and building their business plan.

The new scheme is part of a wider package of support available to both new and existing self-employed advisers. Alongside an experienced team of area directors providing ongoing mentoring, advisers have access to day-to-day support with sales, marketing, compliance and training.

Once up to speed, advisers even have the opportunity to expand their licence qualifications within Just Mortgages to advise on business protection, equity release and commercial deals.

Commenting on the launch Just Mortgages head of mortgages and protection Ben Allkins said: “One of the biggest obstacles stopping even the most ambitious of advisers going self-employed is the fear of those first few months. Where the business is going to come from or how they will pay their bills without a steady pay cheque are all genuine concerns.