AN INDEPENDENT travel agent has again reached the finals in the travel industry's most prestigious awards.

Bolton-based St Andrews Travel is in the final of the Agent Achievement Awards, appearing in three separate categories.

The firm is nominated for the the North-west England and North Wales Top Travel Agent of the Year, which it has won five times.

It is also nominated for the Top UK Small Travel Agent - which it won in 2003 - and, for the first time, it has been nominated as Top Business Travel Agent of the Year.