The shortlisted partnerships for The Bruntwood Awards for Arts & Business North 2011 have been announced after judging took place at the offices of headline sponsor Bruntwood on Friday 28 January 2011.
The awards celebrate the very best partnerships between businesses and arts organisations across the North West, North East and Yorkshire and The Humber. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on Wednesday 23 March 2011 at Manchester Town Hall.
The judging panel included Michael Oglesby CBE (Bruntwood), Nigel Hirst (HFL Building Solutions), John Conway (Potts Print UK), Bill Green (Funnel Creative), Suzy Mulholland (Roland Dransfield PR), Geoffrey Piper (North West Business Leadership Team), Darrell Matthews (Institute of Directors), and Keith Rudd (Arup). The judges assessed the nominated partnerships based on their level of excellence in achieving the commercial goals of the business through arts engagement, alongside achieving the strategic and creative goals of the arts organisation.
The shortlisted partnerships for The Bruntwood Awards for Arts & Business North 2011 are:-
Potts Print (UK) Cultural Branding Award
• IKEA Gateshead & Shipley Art Gallery
• Azendi & Northern Ballet
• Finnair Plc & Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM)
Unilever Young People Award
• Opal Property Group & Contact Theatre
• Frances Lincoln Children’s Books & Seven Stories, the Centre for Children’s Books
• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors & West Yorkshire Playhouse
HFL Building Solutions Sustained Partnership Award
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch & Manchester Camerata
• Brother Ltd & Hallé Concerts Society
• T & R Theakston & Harrogate International Festivals
Sutcliffe People Development Award
• MINT Hotel & The Royal Exchange Theatre
• Manchester Airport & Band On The Wall
Bruntwood and Arup Environmental Partnership Award
• Marchday/Lingfield Investments & Vista Projects
• Hanson Aggregates Ltd (part of the Heidelberg Group) & Nidderdale Visual Arts
• The Co-operative Group & Yorkshire Sculpture Park
The Midland Hotel Board Member of the Year Award
• Terry Bowker for Artlink
• Martin McMillan for Hallé Concerts Society
• Geoffrey Shindler for The Royal Exchange Theatre & Manchester Camerata