KPMG increases graduate intake - graduate jobs

Financial services firm KPMG has announced plans to increase its September graduate intake by 25%.

The Big Four powerhouse said the increase in numbers - from 600 to 760 new recruits - has been made possible by an improvement in trading conditions and the economic outlook.

The move takes the firm back to 2008 graduate recruitment levels. It is believed most will work in the audit and advisory practices.

Including summer interns, KPMG will recruit 900 graduates over the next six months.

"The good news for students is that we have vacancies," a spokesman for the firm said.

"It is about investing today to build the skills-base for the future – in the medium term we see a growing demand for professionals equipped with the skills that an accountancy-based training brings."