Thurrock Council alongside Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and the British Museum in roll call of year’s best arts sponsorships.

Along with a retrospective prize honouring the best arts sponsorships of the last 30 years, the year’s best arts sponsorships are today announced at the 30th Arts & Business Awards as:

Old Mutual A&B Cultural Branding Award – Morgan Stanley & The British Museum

Prudential A&B People Development Award – Rolls-Royce plc & Sinfonia ViVA

British Council A&B International Award -Cambridge University Press & Britten Sinfonia

A&B Young People Award – Bank of Scotland & Aye Write!

BP A&B Sustainability – The Sage Group PLC & The Sage Gateshead

JTI A&B Community Award – Port of Tilbury London Ltd & Thurrock Council

Ballymore A&B Business Volunteer of the Year Award – Paul Ralley & Nofit State Circus

Also announced last night was the first Lloyd’s A&B Innovation Prize, a retrospective prize awarding the most ground-breaking partnerships between business and the arts in the UK in the last 30 years.

Lloyd’s A&B Innovation Prize – Deutsche Bank for partnerships with Frieze Art Fair, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, Royal Academy and the Royal College of Arts

Colin Tweedy, Arts & Business Chief Executive, said:

“These are certainly challenges times for everyone working to develop partnerships between business and the arts. The Arts &Business 30th Annual Awards are a tribute, not only to the remarkable partnerships of the last year, but a celebration of the last 30 years.The task ahead for Arts & Business is to support the business and the arts communities in the unchartered waters that we face, to ensure the brilliant examples that these awards exemplify, are replicated in the years to come.”

Hear from the people behind the most innovative and groundbreaking business / arts partnerships of the last 30 years at: http://interim.aandb.org.uk/ and find out what you can do to propel your sponsorships into the super league.

Find out what senior business people look for in an arts partner, what makes a successful partnership, how they measure return on investment and why innovation is key:

Watch

· Will Morris, Senior Brand Manager at Beck’s talk about Beck’s collaborations with contemporary arts institutions and artists.

· Des Violaris, Director UK Arts & Culture on BP’s seminal arts initiatives.

· Alistair Hicks, Deutsche Bank Art Advisor talks about Deutsche Bank’s world-renowned arts partnerships.

· Duncan Lewis, Director of Marketing at Land Securities talks about how the scope of Land Securities’ relationships with the arts has impacted across every aspect of the business.

· Lucy Carver, Head of Arts, Sponsorship and Community Investment, talk about Sky Arts’ relationships with the arts and encourages any organisation looking for greater recognition and profile through collaboration to get in touch with the channel.

Listen

· Listen to Paddy Earnshaw, Travelex Marketing Director, talk about the impact of Travelex’s £10 Season at The National Theatre.

· Gillian Chimes, Head of Sponsorship & Events at Coutts & Co talks about why the arts form such an integral part of Coutts’ sponsorship and events strategy.

· Marah Winn-Moon, Head of Cultural Sponsorship at HSBC, talks about how HSBC’s Cultural Exchange Programme enables the bank to do better business across the world.