Soon the annual Business to Arts Awards take place in which those companies large and small who make the biggest effort to support music, theatre and dance, and get public recognition for their donations and collaborations.
Some businesses donate to help struggling artists, others do so as an act of staff retention and some do it for the tax incentives. Either way the Arts certainly need the money. Joining Joe in studio was Louise O’Reilly is the Chief Executive of Business to Arts which organises the awards.