UNIVERSITY graduates David Howarth and Helen Booth are among 12 new recruits at the Preston office of leading accountants and business advisers KPMG.

David, 21, of Clockhouse Avenue, Burnley, completed a degree in economics and maths and statistics at Sheffield University after attending Habergham High School and Burnley sixth-form college.

Helen, also 21, from Earby, joins the Owner Managed Business Audit team after completing an accounting and finance degree at Lancaster.

The new appointments take the Preston workforce to nearly 130.