Two Cork-based companies are among the nominations for this year's Allianz Business to Arts Awards. Both Murray O'Laoire Architects and the Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company have been nominated with the shortlist due to be announced in the coming weeks.

The awards have seen a 55 per cent increase in nominations compared to 2007. The most popular category was corporate social responsibility with a total of 33 entries.

All the nominations together represent a total investment of more than €6 million from businesses in the arts.

The shortlist for nominations will be released at the start of May and the ceremony itself will take place in June at the RDS in Dublin.

Stuart McLoughlin, CEO of Business to Arts commented, "We were delighted with the increase in the number of entries for this year. Business to Arts is actually celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year and we had made some significant changes to the Awards categories. "New categories such as CSR and Creativity in Business drove a majority of the nominations. We look forward to announcing the short list and also to the event in June which promises to be a spectacular event in keeping with the Business to Arts ethos."

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