PERSIMMON Homes has appointed a sales and marketing trainee at its Teesside office.

Having just left Newcastle University, 23-year-old architecture graduate Christina Carlsson lives in Newcastle, but is originally from Sweden.

She said: "I've always been interested in building and property.

"After graduating, my passion for the property industry was still as strong as ever, and so I looked for opportunities within the sector."

Christine Cooper, sales manager for Persimmon Homes Teesside, said: "With Persimmon continuing to grow, we continually have to think to the future.

"Ms Carlsson is part of the fourth intake onto the Persimmon graduate programme."