Paver Smith has recruited three new account handlers to its team.

Alex McDonald and Ruth Cobban have joined the agency's PR team as a graduate trainee and account executive respectively while Danielle Thompson has joined its creative team as a junior account executive.

a very positive business outlook for the next 12 months

South African-born Cobban is a former journalist with the Worcester Standard newspaper in the Midlands. She and McDonald, who is from London, are both graduates of Liverpool John Moores University.

Liverpool-born Thompson, meanwhile, is working for the agency on a one-year industrial placement while studying for an advertising and design degree at the University of Huddersfield.

Managing Partner Jon Brown said: "The recruits come as a result of some recent client wins and are a reflection of a very positive business outlook for the next 12 months."