The second Lancashire Business View Red Rose Awards once again celebrated the outstanding achievements of real businesses in our region.

We  reward and recognise businesses which have not only survived but thrived in incredibly challenging times.

We believe as a county we should be celebrating and congratulating hard-working, industrious businesses and acknowledging our diverse and vibrant business community.

The Red Rose Awards this year featured 20 categories, plus a special Publisher’s Choice Award.

Business sectors, as featured in the pages of Lancashire Business View, will be represented, along with awards for organisations of differing sizes.

Entries were judged by an experienced and high-profile judging panel featuring some of the region's leading business figures, chaired by the Publisher of Lancashire Business View.

The awards were presented at a black tie dinner.

The Timetable for the awards was

Monday 14 November 2011                       Awards launch, entries open

Thursday 26 January 2012                        Deadline for all entries - 5pm

Monday 6 / Tuesday 7 February 2012       Interviews and Judging

Wednesday 8 February 2012                    Shortlists announced

Thursday 15 March 2012                           Awards Ceremony

The awards were free to enter and we received entries from businesses of all sizes and sectors from across the county