# Nominations open for 2013 Arts & Business Scotland Awards

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/03/08/nominations-open-2013-arts-amp-business-scotland-awards/
- Published: 2013-03-08T07:00:35+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The 26th annual Arts & Business Scotland Awards are now open for nominations. 
They are designed to recognise the most outstanding and creative partnerships between
cultural organisations and businesses.**

The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in the Music Hall, Aberdeen 
on 30 October 2013.

To be eligible for entry, sponsorship partnerships must have taken place between
1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.

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## Judges

The panel of judges will be chaired by Lucy Bird, Board Member of Arts & Business
Scotland. Other judges include Robert Collier, Chief Executive of Aberdeen & Grampian
Chamber of Commerce; and Bryan Donaghey, Managing Director of Diageo Scotland.

## Award categories

There are six categories in this year’s Awards open to nomination:

 *  **Community Award**
    Awarded to a partnership that has used the power of the
   arts to engage with the wider community.

 *  **Cultural Branding Award** sponsored by Shell U.K. Limited
    For a partnership
   that has reinforced the branding and marketing activity of a business through
   an innovative use of culture.

 *  **Sustained Partnership Award** sponsored by Baillie Gifford Investment Managers
   
   For a partnership of four years or more that has set standards in creative arts-
   business collaborations.

 *  **Young People and the Arts Award** sponsored by Accenture Scotland
    Awarded
   to a partnership that has harnessed the power of the arts to engage young people.

 *  **Small Business Award** sponsored by Black Light
    For an effective sponsorship
   by a small business (under 50 employees).

 *  **New or Returning Sponsor Award** sponsored by Freight Design and J Thomson
   Colour Printers
    For an arts sponsorship by a business sponsoring the arts in
   Scotland for the first time or returning to sponsorship after three years.

The deadline for nominations is 17.00 on 10 May 2013.

[Last year's winners](http://www.aandbscotland.org.uk/2011-arts-andamp-business-scotland-awards-winners)
included Bank of Scotland and the National Theatre of Scotland, Scott + Co and Citizens
Theatre, and Virgin Money and Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.

www.aandbscotland.org.uk

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