Chartered accountants unw has recruited five employees to its team in Newcastle as part of an ongoing expansion.

MICHELLE DUNLOP has joined the company's audit and assurance and tax teams from Ward Hadaway, and Australian-born SARAH ALLIGAN will work alongside her after joining unw from Ernst & Young.

SARAH SCALES has been made a trainee accountant in the audit and assurance department, having recently graduated from Newcastle University.

LOUISE JOHNSON will be joined by SIMON McINALLY in the tax team.