A financial planning group has appointed its latest intake of 10 new apprentices.

PM+M, which has offices in Blackburn and Bury, has welcomed the new apprentices to work across various divisions of the firm.

This is the second consecutive year the firm has appointed 10 apprentices, which it says demonstrates its commitment to nurturing young talent in the region.

Adam Ball, Isabelle Parkinson, Dylan Brogden, Ayaz Adam, Elle Hilton, Aaliya Vali, and Maria Gomes will be working across the Blackburn and Bury offices in the audit, accounting, and cloud accounting teams.

They will be studying towards the Association of Accounting Technicians qualification.

Zain Shahzad joined the audit team in August, where he will be undertaking the Level 7 Professional Accountant apprenticeship, working towards being a Chartered Accountant.

Kyle Doherty, a student at Manchester Metropolitan University, also joined the audit team in August for his placement year.

Beth Sant, the final apprentice, has joined the financial planning team as a trainee client relationship associate and will be studying a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship.

All new trainees will take part in the firm’s Apprentice Bootcamp to learn about PM+M.

They will work closely with their respective teams to gain practical experience alongside their study programmes.

Helen Clayton, managing partner of PM+M, said: "September is always a highlight of the year as we welcome the newest apprentices to the PM+M team.

"Every single one of them has demonstrated a desire to succeed and excel which is inspiring.

"Our focus will now be supporting them as they achieve their career goals."