HURST welcomes six graduate trainees

Stockport-headquartered accounting and business advisory firm HURST has welcomed six graduate trainees to its business services team.

Emily Hartley, Joshua Moore and Sophie Taylor join after graduating from the universities of Exeter, Sheffield and Loughborough respectively.

They are joined by Lucy Deegan, Philip Rhodes and Nathan Wood, who have secured permanent roles after previously completing placements with HURST during their degree courses.

The six will work within the firm’s 90-strong business services team, which provides audit, compliance, strategic advisory, outsourcing and business planning support.

HURST has also welcomed University of Salford students Cora Greaves, Charlotte Lomax and Darcey O’Dwyer for one-year placements as part of their accounting and finance degrees.

The intake comes as HURST targets significant expansion following its move into national accountancy and business advisory firm Dains Group earlier this year.

HURST plans to double in size to reach £20 million annual turnover by 2028, supported by further recruitment, an expanded national client base, new service lines and multimillion-pound investment in technology.

Simon Brownbill, partner and director of practice development at HURST, said: “We’re delighted to welcome our new trainees to HURST.

“Bringing fresh talent into the firm is one of the most rewarding things we do – these individuals represent the future of our profession and our practice.

“From day one, they’ve been working alongside experienced colleagues on real client challenges, with the support, training and mentoring they need to build genuinely rewarding careers.

“We can’t wait to see what they go on to achieve, and we’re proud they’ve chosen to start their journeys with us.”

Want your business, product or service to be seen regionally and nationally? Bdaily helps you get your story in front of the right audience, every day. Find out how Bdaily can help →

Join more than 55,000 subscribers by signing up to our daily bulletin each morning here.