Planning firm Old Mill expands team with 17 hires during pandemic

Graduates, apprentices and more experienced staff

Sophie King
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Old Mill has welcomed 17 new starters this week as the South West-based financial business continues to expand, despite the coronavirus pandemic.

The new starters joined a Zoom call (pictured) on Tuesday (8 September) to welcome them on their first day. They include four graduates, several of whom had previously worked with Old Mill on placement from university. Five college leavers and apprentices have also joined the business. The other new recruits are at various stages of their careers and will be supported by Old Mill's training programme to qualify in their chosen fields.  Old Mill managing director Ian Carlson said he thinks the firm has been able to recruit despite Covid-19 primarily because it has continued to do the b...

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