LOCAL pub company, Ideal Trade Co, has won gold for all three of its public houses in the South West in Bloom Awards.

The Inn at Freshford, The Cross Guns at Avoncliff and The Old Crown in Kelston all picked up gold in the Business, Tourism and Leisure category at the presentation in Yeovil.

A spokesman said: “We are immensely proud to have won and for all three pubs to achieve a gold award was fantastic.”