Leading Manchester-based corporate advisory firm Rickitt Mitchell has maintained its successful philosophy of recruiting recently qualified Chartered Accountants by appointing Victoria Edwards as Executive.

Victoria joins from ASE Plc where she held the post of Audit Senior, having recently spent time on secondment with Deloitte in Australia.

Brian Higgins, Partner at Rickitt Mitchell, said "We are delighted to welcome Victoria to the team; she has the right qualifications, experience and desire to make a wholly positive impact on the business."

"We have a proven track record of appointing recently qualified Chartered Accountants and nurturing their talent, a fact shown in our current team and our low staff attrition."

Last December, Ashley Haworth and Tim Ritchie were promoted to Associate Directors having joined as Executives in 2005 and 2006 respectively.