Leah Gaskell and Sarah Nolan joined DSG to embark on their accountancy careers after completing ‘A’ levels and opting for the workplace over a place at University. They are both studying initially for the Association of Accounting Technician qualification.

They will benefit from an excellent internal mentoring scheme to ensure their success. Leah and Sarah are working in DSG’s Small Business team and Corporate team respectively to get real hands on experience so they understand how the classroom studies transfer into real life situations.

Apprenticeships are proving to be an increasingly popular alternative to University. When Leah and Sarah have completed the AAT they will continue their accountancy studies, and this could be under an ICAEW ACA training contract.

Andrew Moss, partner, said ‘taking on apprenticeships provides us with valuable members of the team who can grow with the business and become our accountants of the future’.