RECRUITMENT advertising company Pearsons, has scooped a £1m advertising contract with The Leeds Teaching Hospitals (LTH) NHS Trust.

The Middlesbrough agency beat off competition from a number of recruitment advertising agencies to be appointed by the trust. The trust comprises eight sites in and around Leeds.

Simon Pearson, managing director of Pearsons, said: "We are delighted to have been awarded this prestigious account by LTH against some of the leading agencies in the country."

Pearsons has recently launched a new website, Sector1.net, aimed at the public sector, which will be available to its new client.

Sector1 is dedicated to offering jobs in the North of England to nurses, doctors, police officers and other public sector workers.