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Why I bank with ... UBS: Sky-diver is nervous of stocks and shares

By Ellen Kelleher

Published: December 14 2007 04:58 | Last updated: December 14 2007 04:58

Amateur skydiver and entrepreneur Simon Ward likes to rely on advisers when it comes to help with his financial affairs.

Mr Ward – the chief executive of Airkix, an indoor skydiving company with a wind tunnel in Milton Keynes – is something of an expert when it comes to parachuting.

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