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Grant Thornton boosts North West team

Accountancy giant Grant Thornton has expanded its North West team, bringing in 14 new recruits to work at its Manchester and Liverpool offices.

The incoming staff take the total headcount to over 450 across both North West locations.

The Manchester office has nine new staff including Chris Seddon, who joins from Daisy Group Plc to work on Grant Thornton’s international tax team for large corporates. The eight other recruits are in the public sector audit team, recovery and reorganisation, people/HR and business development.

The Liverpool office has three new recruits to the public sector audit team and two its private sector audit practice.

Les Ross, Grant Thornton’s North West managing partner, said “We are reaping the rewards of our focus on dynamic growing businesses. Our Manchester and Liverpool offices continue to grow and make a substantial contribution to the firm’s UK growth. We’re delighted to welcome the new recruits on board.”

The full list of appointments:

Public Sector Assurance

Ashling Conway (Liverpool)

Alex Mason (Liverpool)

Niall Connolly (Manchester)

Ben Haydon (Manchester)

Sarah Britton (Manchester)

Lucy Davidson (Manchester)

Stuart Basnett (Liverpool)

Audit and Tax

Chris Seddon (Manchester, tax)

Jonathan Hogan (Liverpool, audit)

Chloe Charters (Liverpool, audit)

Recovery and Reorganisation

William Bowden (Manchester)

Jeni Pilling (Manchester)

People and Skills Operations

Peter Rawcliffe (Manchester)

Business Development

Tracey Brooke (Manchester)

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Simon Malia .