20 July 2009

Arts & Business Scotland 2009 Awards Shortlist announced

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Many of these shortlisted partnerships are being used to assist communities to meet difficult challenges.
This year's short list shows that sponsorship has been holding up in spite of the economic difficulties and is not just linked to the central belt. I am particularly pleased at the range of business sectors that have discovered that engaging with the arts can bring real commercial benefits, with imaginative sponsorships happening from Orkney to Wigtown, and many of these shortlisted partnerships are being used to assist communities to meet difficult challenges.

Barclay Price, Director of Arts & Business Scotland

The shortlisted organisations for this year's Arts & Business Scotland Awards have been announced.

The 2009 Awards will be held in the newly refurbished Usher Hall in Edinburgh on 1 October 2009. Guests from the world of business and culture will pay tribute to partnerships across six categories and outstanding individuals in two categories. This celebratory event will be free and attendance will be by invitation. Invitations to be sent out in due course.

The judging panel for the Arts & Business Scotland Awards 2009 is as follows: