A BED and breakfast has won another top prize - just a month after scooping up a big award.

The two-bedroom Low Penhowe won the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Food Group's Breakfast of the Year award.

The guest house, which is at Burythorpe between Westow and Malton, had previously won the Yorkshire Tourist Board's Guest Accommodation of the Year at the board's annual White Rose awards ceremony a few weeks ago.

Christopher Turner, who runs the accommodation with his wife Philippa, said they had lived there for 23 years but this was their fifth year as a guest house.

"We are delighted with winning another award. We want to make sure that we keep tourism flying high, especially with the credit crunch.

"This year we have done even better and numbers are up 10 per cent on last year and we have forward bookings right through to June next year.

"There is no sign of people pulling out because of the credit crunch which is very positive.

"We believe people are taking a few short breaks in the UK rather than two weeks away on an annual holiday and here they have a cracking part of the world in terms of its views to come to."

Meanwhile, three generations of women from one family are working together on a new business enterprise.

Sue Smith, 61, daughter Mandy Sowray, 43, and granddaughter Annabelle Sowray, 13, are all helping to run Laskill Grange and Laskill Country House near Hawnby.

Mrs Sowray had previously lived near Castle Howard, but when Laskill Country House was put up for sale in June, she decided to go into business with her mother.

Mrs Smith said: "It is really lovely working with my daughter. We are more like sisters these days.

"I have been running a bed and breakfast for 40 years now, and I love it because you get to meet so many characters. Mandy is a great business partner - she cooks private meals for people staying at Laskill Grange and they all come back saying how delicious her cooking is."

To save up some extra funds, daughter Annabelle has been working as a waitress at Laskill Country House.

Mrs Sowray said: "Annabelle is great at being a waitress.

"She is very sociable and confident, and she has shown me a side of herself that I hadn't seen before."

Mrs Sowray says that although the traditional holiday season is over, business is very good, with the country house attracting everything from shooting parties to weddings.