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Wednesday 20 January 2010
Double short listing for May Gurney in Arts & Business Awards
May Gurney is in line for two arts and culture awards for its work with the Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
The Norfolk-based national infrastructure services company has been named as a finalist in two categories of the East Arts & Business Awards.
The company’s sponsorship of a series of large-scale free events at the 2009 Festival, helping to bring the arts to the attention of a younger audience, has resulted in its first short listing for the Ernst & Young A&B Young People Award.
The award recognises partnerships that have harnessed the power of the arts to engage young people, demonstrating a dynamic connection with youth through the arts, and a significant involvement of young people as audience or participants.
May Gurney is also a finalist in the A&B Cultural Branding Award, given to a partnership that reinforces the branding and marketing activity of a business through the use of culture. The winning organisation will demonstrate an integral connection with culture that has increased brand equity and therefore business performance.
Jonathan Holloway, Norfolk & Norwich Festival artistic director, said: “The vision and commitment of companies like May Gurney to invest their time, energy and cash in the Festival is remarkable. Through their support, we have been able to create an extraordinary programme of events designed with young people in mind. Great art shouldn’t just be for people who can afford it; it should be for everyone.”
The winners will be announced in a ceremony at Marshall Business Aviation’s state of the art facility in Cambridge on 11 February.
For further information about the awards go to: eastawards@artsandbusiness.org.uk
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Image attached: May Gurney sponsored an array of free events at Norfolk & Norwich Festival09, including the Garden Party (pictured).
Please credit the photograph to Raphael Helle.
Arts & Business sparks new partnerships between commerce and culture by connecting companies and individuals to cultural organisations, and providing the expertise and insight for them to prosper together.
The registered charity forges partnerships of real value by providing businesses with a unique combination of cultural expertise, market intelligence, and dynamic networks.
About May Gurney
May Gurney is a national infrastructure services company. We are committed to helping our clients in the public and regulated sectors deliver sustainable improvements to front-line services across the UK.
We make sure that the road, utility, rail and waterways networks and public buildings are well maintained and that household waste is collected, managed and recycled. These essential maintenance services, which are based on long-term contracts, are the ones that are visible to local communities, and make a very real difference to the quality of life. They keep the country running.
Our track record in delivering great operational performance has built long-term relationships with our clients, who rely on us to support and anticipate their current needs and improve future outcomes. This focus on excellent customer service drives May Gurney.
And we never forget that our clients trust us to engage with their customers - communities and individuals - on their behalf. It's a responsibility that everyone at May Gurney takes very seriously.
May Gurney. Delivering essential services for our communities.
For more information about this release please contact Andrew Slater Tel: 01603 727385, or Hannah Freeman at Tribe PR, Tel: 01603 417722.
About Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Norfolk & Norwich Festival works to harness the transformational power of culture and the arts to engage with audiences and communities throughout the East of England and beyond. It produces the international arts festival for the East of England, programming world class music, theatre, dance, circus, visual arts and children’s events for 16 days each May and delivers Creative Partnerships, the government’s flagship creative learning programme in 49 schools in Norfolk and Norfolk Open Studios, one of the UK’s largest and most successful open studios schemes.
Norfolk & Norwich Festival10 is made possible through support from Arts Council England east, Norfolk County Council and Norwich City Council, has National Express East Anglia as its principal sponsor and its outdoor programme is supported by May Gurney.
The Norfolk-based national infrastructure services company has been named as a finalist in two categories of the East Arts & Business Awards.
The company’s sponsorship of a series of large-scale free events at the 2009 Festival, helping to bring the arts to the attention of a younger audience, has resulted in its first short listing for the Ernst & Young A&B Young People Award.
The award recognises partnerships that have harnessed the power of the arts to engage young people, demonstrating a dynamic connection with youth through the arts, and a significant involvement of young people as audience or participants.
May Gurney is also a finalist in the A&B Cultural Branding Award, given to a partnership that reinforces the branding and marketing activity of a business through the use of culture. The winning organisation will demonstrate an integral connection with culture that has increased brand equity and therefore business performance.
Jonathan Holloway, Norfolk & Norwich Festival artistic director, said: “The vision and commitment of companies like May Gurney to invest their time, energy and cash in the Festival is remarkable. Through their support, we have been able to create an extraordinary programme of events designed with young people in mind. Great art shouldn’t just be for people who can afford it; it should be for everyone.”
The winners will be announced in a ceremony at Marshall Business Aviation’s state of the art facility in Cambridge on 11 February.
For further information about the awards go to: eastawards@artsandbusiness.org.uk
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Notes to editors
Image attached: May Gurney sponsored an array of free events at Norfolk & Norwich Festival09, including the Garden Party (pictured).
Please credit the photograph to Raphael Helle.
Arts & Business sparks new partnerships between commerce and culture by connecting companies and individuals to cultural organisations, and providing the expertise and insight for them to prosper together.
The registered charity forges partnerships of real value by providing businesses with a unique combination of cultural expertise, market intelligence, and dynamic networks.
About May Gurney
May Gurney is a national infrastructure services company. We are committed to helping our clients in the public and regulated sectors deliver sustainable improvements to front-line services across the UK.
We make sure that the road, utility, rail and waterways networks and public buildings are well maintained and that household waste is collected, managed and recycled. These essential maintenance services, which are based on long-term contracts, are the ones that are visible to local communities, and make a very real difference to the quality of life. They keep the country running.
Our track record in delivering great operational performance has built long-term relationships with our clients, who rely on us to support and anticipate their current needs and improve future outcomes. This focus on excellent customer service drives May Gurney.
And we never forget that our clients trust us to engage with their customers - communities and individuals - on their behalf. It's a responsibility that everyone at May Gurney takes very seriously.
May Gurney. Delivering essential services for our communities.
For more information about this release please contact Andrew Slater Tel: 01603 727385, or Hannah Freeman at Tribe PR, Tel: 01603 417722.
About Norfolk & Norwich Festival
Norfolk & Norwich Festival works to harness the transformational power of culture and the arts to engage with audiences and communities throughout the East of England and beyond. It produces the international arts festival for the East of England, programming world class music, theatre, dance, circus, visual arts and children’s events for 16 days each May and delivers Creative Partnerships, the government’s flagship creative learning programme in 49 schools in Norfolk and Norfolk Open Studios, one of the UK’s largest and most successful open studios schemes.
Norfolk & Norwich Festival10 is made possible through support from Arts Council England east, Norfolk County Council and Norwich City Council, has National Express East Anglia as its principal sponsor and its outdoor programme is supported by May Gurney.
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