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In 1979 he moved to Kendal to set up the pensions department of Provincial Life, before leaving the company in 1984 to become an Independent Financial Adviser. Three years later he founded FMB, with his then partner, Dennis Hale, which steadily expanded from a computer and a filing cabinet in the family’s living room to a custom made office at Endmoor, where he lived. Over the years, the company went from strength to strength and the move as made to premises at Shenstone, on the outskirts of Kendal, to accommodate the need for more employees. Outside work, Mr Beavis was a much loved family man, a dedicated supporter of Blackburn Rovers Football Club and in his younger years, a keen fell walker. He was also involved in a number of charitable causes, including the Lakeland Hydrotherapy Trust, as well as playing a major role in raising funds to build St Patricks C of E School and Endmoor Village Hall. “He had a very full life” said Mr Beavis’s daughter, Ruth Power. “He was constantly looking for new opportunities and he never sat still. Even when he was sitting down he was usually tapping his foot. He was very active – a real entrepreneurial spirit” At the time of his death, Mr Beavis, who spoke fluent Greek, had just returned from a family holiday house in Crete, where he had gradually been spending more time. With retirement in mind, three new directors were appointed at FMB in January 2008: his daughter Liz Beavis, together with Gill Forrester and Paul Tuson. There are now 40 members of staff working at FMB, including ten qualified financial advisers, who are all devastated by the news of Mr Beavis’s death, but plan to carry on the business that he worked so hard to build up. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Linda, his two
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