The shortlist has just been announced for this year’s Jaguar Land Rover Awards for Arts & Business, in association with the Birmingham Post.

The awards, open to any Midlands business which has partnered with a cultural organisation during the past 15 months, celebrates and showcases the best of these cultural partnerships across the Midlands.

Winners will be announced and presented with prizes which have been specially created by the artist, Charlie McPherson, at a ceremony hosted by Bob Warman of ITV Central at Town Hall, Birmingham on Thursday, October 7.

The partnerships which have been shortlisted are:
* A&B Business Innovation in partnership with Clarke Associates
* Aggregate Industries/Shropshire Council & Shrewsbury Public Art Partnership
* Dudson Ltd/The Regent Theatre

The shortlist for the A&B Community Award in partnership with Labels Outlet Shopping:
* Joules Ltd/Arts Fresco Ltd
* North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce/Stoke-on-Trent City Council Museums
* PropInvest Asset Management LLP/Wolverhampton Arts & Heritage

The shortlist for the A&B Museums, Libraries & Archives Award in partnership with MLA:
* British Sugar UK & Ireland/Snibston (Leicestershire County Council)
* Capgemini/Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
* North Staffordshire Chamber of Commerce/ Stoke-on-Trent City Council Museums

The shortlist for the A&B People Development Award in partnership with Business Link:
* Aston University/The Map Consortium
* Capgemini/Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
East Midlands Airport/New Perspectives Theatre Company

The shortlist for the A&B Sustained Partnership Award in partnership with Rolls-Royce plc:
* BMW Plant Hams Hall/Lichfield Festival
* Dudson Ltd/The Regent Theatre
* Joules Ltd/Arts Fresco Ltd
* Taylor Bloxham Ltd/The Spark Children’s Arts Festival

The shortlist for the A&B Young People Award in partnership with Marketing Birmingham:
* Taylor Bloxham Ltd/The Spark Children’s Arts Festival
* Wolverhampton City Primary Care Trust

A&B Board Member of the Year Award in partnership with Land Rover:
* Birmingham Repertory Theatre/David Cox, Grosvenor Casino Fiveways
* Midlands Arts Centre (MAC)/John RL Smith, Walter Smith Farms
* The Producers’ Forum/Amy Seton, Eversheds LLP