Pontnewydd-based three partner practice, Green and Co Chartered Certified Accountants, has recruited a trainee to join its audit and accounts team.

Barrie Kenyan, pictured, who has a BSc in Applied and Pure Mathematics from Cardiff University, has joined the growing team and is training for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

An amateur photographer, Barrie has won national competitions with his work, but his ambition to become an accountant has never wavered.

Barrie said: "With my keen interest in mathematics and figures, and an enjoyment of challenges and problem solving, accountancy was the natural choice for me. When the position arose at Green and Co, I knew this was the ideal opportunity for me to enter the profession and experience top class training".