BREWERS Thwaites are celebrating a double century.

The Blackburn firm has clocked up 100 years of being incorporated as a company. Representatives from OFEX, the trading market for unlisted companies, attended a ceremony at the brewery to mark the event.

Thwaites was the 100th company to join the OFEX market.

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