In the autumn recruitment drive, 700 new graduates and 30 BrightStart students have joined Deloitte working various roles across its London offices, including positions in tax, audit, corporate finance and real estate.

Across the UK, the firm will welcome a total of 1200 graduates and 70 BrightStart students into its 22 regional offices throughout October. The BrightStart candidates have chosen to start their training and working career straight away, rather than go to university.

Stevan Rolls, head of HR at Deloitte, said: 'It is an incredibly busy and exciting month for Deloitte with such a large number of new graduates and BrightStart students joining the firm. The graduates come from a huge variety of backgrounds with degrees ranging from maths and economics to geography, media studies, and drama.'