After revealing a 22 per cent increase in the number of students applying for graduate positions starting this year, business advisory firm Deloitte, has welcomed some of the region’s most promising business professionals on to its graduate scheme.

DANIEL LAWS, 21, graduated from Northumbria University with a BA in accounting (with first- class honours).

He will join Deloitte’s audit team as an associate. He is one of 17 new graduates Deloitte has recruited to its Newcastle office.