A record number of new trainees have joined chartered accountants and business advisers Princecroft Willis (PcW).
The Dorset and New Forest firm has welcomed six new trainees, including four graduates, to its ranks.
It has also appointed a new tax senior and two accounts semi-seniors.
PcW, which has offices in Poole and New Milton, now employs 116 people including ten partners.
Mark Johns, Managing Partner, said: “We’re very fortunate to have a talented and well-respected team with, quite literally, thousands of years’ experience between them.
“However, it’s always important to look to the future and our new trainees represent that future.
“Their arrival has injected further vigour and enthusiasm into Princecroft Willis as we prepare to celebrate the firm’s centenary in 2014.”
The new recruits are: Owen Baker, Graduate Accounts Trainee; Andrew Greentree, Tax Senior; Nathan Lake, Accounts Trainee; Ryan Laming, Accounts Trainee; Robin Lutman, Accounts Semi Senior; Josh Mudge, Graduate Accounts Trainee; Rachel Smith, Graduate Tax Trainee; Jonathan Watson, Graduate Tax Trainee; Sarah Whatton, Accounts Semi-Senior.
Locally based, independent and with strong community roots, PcW offers a full range of accounting services from audit to taxation.