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Deloitte makes 60 strong North East and Yorkshire recruitment push

Accountancy giant Deloitte has bolstered its North East and Yorkshire offices with the recruitment of 50 graduates and 10 school leavers.

The budding accountants join up with the business as part of Deloitte’s BrightStart scheme, a five-year training and development plan for A-level students and two undergraduates, who will undertake an industrial placement year.

This year’s intake follows major changes to the firm’s student recruitment process, introducing academic institution blind recruitment and academic contextualisation; designed to ensure that Deloitte is better able to spot potential, regardless of background of the applicant.

Deloitte continues to be one of the largest recruiters in the UK, with 1,100 graduates, 200 school leavers and close to 3,000 external hires joining this year.

The company employs over 700 people across the North East and Yorkshire and recently announced three director promotions in the Newcastle office.

Stephen Hall, Office Senior Partner at Deloitte in the North East, said: “The recruitment of these young people is a clear sign of our commitment to developing the next generation of business talent, but also to opening up opportunities in, and access to, the financial and professional services industries.

“As always we are about identifying the very best people, wherever they come from, so that we can continue to grow in the region and provide the most complete range of services to our clients.”

The business advisory firm recently announced it had increased Group revenue by £313m in the year ended 31 May 2016, topping £3bn for the first time. UK Group revenue, representing the firm’s UK and Swiss operations, grew by 13.6% to £3.04bn. This is the sixth consecutive year of revenue growth and the fastest increase in 10 years.

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