THE head of an Oswaldtwistle-based home care provider is shortlisted for a Business Woman of the Year award.

Care provider Willowbrook’s managing director Elaine Brady has been shortlisted at the renowned Lancashire Be Inspired Business Awards (BIBAs).

She said: “I am incredibly proud of what I have achieved with Willowbrook, but I am truly dumbfounded to receive this level of recognition.”

Elaine launched Willowbrook in 2000 from a makeshift office in her home. Early employees have grown with the business, with many now holding management positions at the Union Road office, in Oswaldtwistle.