New PwC boss in Leeds predicts further growth and jobs

Will Richardson, the new boss of PwC. Picture: James Hardisty.

PwC will continue to recruit and grow as a business in Yorkshire during 2017, the new Leeds office partner for the accountancy giant has said.

After spotting some beggars he and his colleagues began a conversation about what they could do.

“If you Ethiopian one way of making money is owning a donkey which you can use yourself or rent out, a very sustainable source of income.”

Mr Richardson arranged for he and his team to go out to donkey market in a field outside of Addis Ababa. With a translator’s help he inspected a donkey and gave it to “a lovely chap just whose father had recently died and whose mum not working”.