HAWKSHEAD Brewery has won 'Employer of the Year' at Lancaster & Morecambe College's Apprentice Awards.

The brewery was shortlisted in two categories; Best Team Player (for Customer Service apprentice Louise Jennings) and Employer of the Year.

Lancaster and Morecambe College is the largest provider of apprenticeships in the local area and earlier this year both apprentices and their employers were invited to submit nominations for the Apprentice Awards.

“We saw taking on an apprentice as an opportunity to offer career based training to a young person,” said sales manager Anne Jones “Building on this success we're planning on offering more apprenticeships in the future.”