Congratulations to Trainee Accountant, Hannah Brown, for being shortlisted in Carlisle College’s Apprenticeship Awards 2025.
Hannah has worked at Saint & Co since leaving school in 2023 and started working towards the AAT qualification at Carlisle College in September 2024.
She has shown great promise throughout her studies which has earned her being nominated by her tutors as Best Newcomer in the Apprenticeship Awards, aimed at students across all sectors in the first year of their studies.
Hannah said: “I’m really happy to be nominated for this award because it’s nice to think my efforts are being appreciated.
“I really have put everything into the course. I love my job and I don’t see any point in not making it work.
“It’s great working at Saint & Co and having the full support of the team here, and I enjoy the day I spend at college each week. What is great about it is that I can put everything I learn at college into practice every day.
“The course and my job go hand in hand, and I’m really excited about developing my studies at Saint & Co and then aiming for my chartered accountancy qualification when I finish my apprenticeship.”
After studying her A-Levels at William Howard School in Brampton, Hannah considered whether university was the right option to continue her learning.
She said she had already fallen in love with accountancy following two work experience placements in the sector and wanted to explore opportunities to ‘earn as you learn’.
She said: “I considered university but I couldn’t get my head round the debt, so I enquired about the apprenticeship route. Within a month of starting at Saint & Co, I knew that I had made the right choice.
“I originally started on a different apprenticeship which didn’t really fit me, and I was so grateful Saint & Co allowed me to start a new one.
“An apprenticeship is a great option for somebody wanting to learn while putting the theory into practice in real-life situations.”
Saint & Co, which has offices across Cumbria and Dumfries & Galloway, has an annual intake of apprentices each September.
More details on the programme can be found here or by emailing Training Partner, Sophie Graham, at sophie.graham@saint.co.uk.
