PwC, HMRC and Goldman Sachs head a poll of the most popular companies for graduates to work for in a vote by students.

Over 23,000 students and recent graduates from 100 different universities took part in a national survey, which identified the most popular graduate recruiters in 14 sectors of work for the annual TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards.

PwC won the accounting and financial management award, sponsored by ICAEW. Runner-up was Deloitte and in third place Ernst & Young.

HMRC won the banking, insurance and financial services award, sponsored by CPA Australia. Runner-up was HSBC Bank and in third place Bank of England.

Goldman Sachs won the investment banking and investment award, sponsored by Bloomberg Institute. Runner-up was J P Morgan and in third place Barclays Investment Bank.

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