Chartered accountants, Clarke Nicklin of Hazel Grove, Stockport has expanded its accounts team with three new appointments.

Paul Mellor ACA joins the practice as accounts supervisor and Robert Mowat and Catherine Young join as accounts trainees.

Paul studied accounting and financial management at Sheffield University before joining Madisons Chartered Accountants in Didsbury as a trainee. In 1999 he moved to Allens Chartered Accountants in Stockport, gaining his ACA qualification in 2002.

Robert joins Clarke Nicklin from Manchester Metropolitan University where he studied accounting and finance. Catherine, who is a Member of the Association of Accounting Technicians, brings commercial experience with her. Prior to this position, she worked in the in-house accounts departments of several local companies.