BREWERS Daniel Thwaites has secured a hat-trick of nominations for some of the industry's most prestigious awards.

The Blackburn-based company has been nominated in three separate catagories of the respected Publican Magazine awards.

Thwaites has been named in the final six from entrants around the country in the Regional Brewer of the Year award.

A selection of East Lancashire's pubs are also being held up as national flagships as Thwaites' other two nominations come in the sections of Pub Company of the Year for managed houses, and also in the tenanted and leased group.

Thwaites managing director Brian Hickman believes the three nominations show the esteem in which the company is now held nationally.

The winners will be announced at a London dinner on Tuesday, March 21.