Exciting year for county says council chief

The Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee in June, which has extra significance here as she is also Duke of Lancaster.

A dedicated website gives you all you need to know on events happening across the county - www.lancashirein2012.com

The Open Golf Championships alone could attract over 200,000 visitors from across the world and showcase Lancashire internationally. The Open is also broadcast to over 400 million people in 150 countries worldwide.

As well as tourism, 2012 is going to be a big year for the county council’s own economic development work.

As a board member of the Enterprise Partnership, we will continue working to make the county a business leader in the North West. This includes bringing superfast broadband to the county and supporting the development of the recently awarded Enterprise Zone.

We know that there are going to be challenges along the way to developing these projects, but we want to put Lancashire’s economy in the best position to meet these challenges and make 2012 a great and memorable year. We hope your business can play its part and enjoy the successes in 2012.