Professional services firm takes on multiple new trainees

The Leicester branch of one of the UK’s best-known professional services firms has taken up a record number of trainees, a recent news report in the local business media has been able to reveal.

Grant Thornton has taken on eight new starters, which comprise four graduates and four school leavers, who will join Grant Thornton’s corporate tax, audit and business services departments this month. The trainees will study for professional qualifications while working at the firm.

Tom Copson, associate director in Leicester and leader of Grant Thornton’s trainee programme, said: "The firm introduced a new assessment strategy in 2013 which adopts an holistic approach to spotting talent and a focus on behaviours, shared values and potential.

"Half of our 2015 trainees are school leavers and the other half are graduates. This 50-50 split further demonstrates the firm’s strategy to recruiting talented individuals with the capability to develop rounded business skills and the potential to become capable business advisers to our clients, rather than purely focussing on the traditional entry criteria such as UCAS requirements."

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