Grant Thornton welcomes record number of school leavers onto apprenticeship programme

This year, leading business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP has more than doubled the number of trainees joining the firm’s school leaver apprenticeship programme, welcoming a record 193 new recruits, up from 90 in 2021.

The firm, which was named in the top 10 of the Department for Education’s Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in 2022, aims to reach a 50:50 split in its trainee hire population between university graduates and those joining straight from school in the coming years.

The firm has also welcomed a record number across its broader trainee intake in 2022, with a combined 461 new graduates and school leavers joining across the country.

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