{"id":3712,"date":"2015-04-08T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T09:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/?p=3712"},"modified":"2015-04-10T15:00:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-10T14:00:25","slug":"twentieth-business-limelight-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/twentieth-business-limelight-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Twentieth Business Limelight Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was counting our Business Limelight Awards the other day (as you do&#8230;) and I was amazed to see we were at 20! We originally launched The &#8216;Limelights&#8217; to support businesses who were working in the culture sector. It&#8217;s not always the easiest sector to be working in and we wanted to give them something to shout about! One of the things we were interested in was their points of view so we asked them to answer a series of questions which went up on the website. It&#8217;s a really interesting read. Check out all our Business Limelight Awardees below!<\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2.6rem; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">April 2015:&nbsp;<a title=\"Glow Arts \u2013 April 2015 Business Limelight of the Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/glow-arts-april-2015-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Glow Arts<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">March 2015:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/lochgoilhead-fiddle-workshop-at-strachur-march-2015-business-limelight-of-the-month-2\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Lochgoilhead Fiddle Workshop<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">February 2015:&nbsp;<a title=\"Woodend Barn \u2013 February 2015 Business Limelight of the Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/woodend-barn-feb-2015-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Woodend Barn<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">December 2014:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/scots-music-group-december-2014-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Scots Music Group<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">November 2014:&nbsp;<a title=\"The Queen\u2019s Hall \u2013 November 2014 Business Limelight of the Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/the-queens-hall-november-2014-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">The Queen\u2019s Hall, Edinburgh<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">October 2014:&nbsp;<a title=\"The Touring Network (Highlands &amp; Islands) \u2013 October 2014 Business Limelight of the Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/the-touring-network-june-2014-business-limelight\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">The Touring Network (Highlands and Islands)<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">September 2014:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/the-16k-design-works-june-2014-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">16k Design<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">June 2014:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/northern-roots-events-june-2014-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Northern Roots Events<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">May 2014:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/prs-for-music-may-2014-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">PRS for Music<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">April 2014:&nbsp;<a title=\"The College of Piping \u2013 April 2014 Business Limelight of the Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/the-college-of-piping-april-2014-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">The College of Piping<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">March 2014:&nbsp;<a title=\"Active Events \u2013 March 2014 Business Limelight of the Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/active-events-march-2014-business-limelight-of-the-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\">Active Events<\/span><\/a><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">February 2014:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"ABC Creative Music \u2013 February 2014 Business Limelight Award\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/abc-creative-music-february-2014-business-limelight-award\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">ABC Creative Music<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">November 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Merlin Academy Of Trad Music: November 2013 Business Limelight Award\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/merlin-academy-of-trad-music-november-2013-business-limelight-award\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Merlin Academy Of Trad Music<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">October 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"ScotlandsMusic \u2013 Taigh na Teud: October 2013 Business Limelight Award\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/scotlandsmusic-taigh-na-teud-october-2013-business-limelight-award\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">ScotlandsMusic \u2013 Taigh na Teud<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">September 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"The Reel Coffeehouse and Bar \u2013 September 2013 Business Limelight Award of Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/the-reel-coffeehouse-and-bar-september-2013-business-limelight-award-of-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">The Reel Coffeehouse and Bar<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">July 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Music Scotland \u2013 July 2013 Business Limelight Award of Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/music-scotland-july-2013-business-limelight-award-of-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Music Scotland<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">June 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Macmeanmna \u2013 June 2013 Business Limelight Award of Month\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/macmeanmna-june-2013-business-limelight-award-of-month\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Macmeanmna<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">May 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"May 13 Business Limelight of the Month \u2013 Coda Music\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/may-13-business-limelight-of-the-month-coda-music\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Coda Music<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">April 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"April 13 Business Limelight of the Month \u2013 Edinburgh Folk Club\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/april-13-business-limelight-of-the-month-edinburgh-folk-club\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Edinburgh Folk Club<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">March 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Business Limelight of the Month \u2013 Celtic Connections Festival 2013\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/business-limelight-of-the-month-celtic-connections-festival-2013\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Celtic Connections Festival<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">February 2013:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Business Limelight of the Month \u2013 Sound Sense PA Hire &amp; Recording Services\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/business-limelight-of-the-month-sound-sense-pa-hire-recording-services\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Sound Sense PA Hire &amp; Recording Services<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">December 2012:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Temple Records: Business Limelight of the Month \u2013 December 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/temple-records-business-limelight-of-the-month-december-2012\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Temple Records<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">November 2012:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Birnam CD: Business Limelight of the Month \u2013 November 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/birnam-cd-business-limelight-of-the-month-november-2012\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: all 0.1s ease-in-out;\">Birnam CD<\/a><\/span><br style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">October 2012:&nbsp;<span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"><a title=\"Greentrax Recordings: Business Limelight of the Month \u2013 October 2012\" href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/greentrax-recordings-business-limelight-of-the-month-october-2012\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Greentrax Recordings<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Anyone can&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/tell-us-who-you-think-deserves-our-business-limelight-award\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">nominate candidates<\/a>, and each month Hands Up for Trad will promote the organisation\u2019s contribution via our extensive online outlets, celebrating those who have provided a service, raising awareness and sharing of their achievements. Recognising those who make a difference to our cultural landscape.<br \/><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was counting our Business Limelight Awards the other day (as you do&#8230;) and I was amazed to see we were at 20! We originally launched The &#8216;Limelights&#8217; to support businesses who were working in the culture sector. It&#8217;s not always the easiest sector to be working in and we wanted to give them something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[23,9,37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business-limelight","8":"category-news","9":"category-newsletter","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2015\/04\/IMG_0101.jpg","featured_image_src":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2015\/04\/IMG_0101.jpg","featured_image_src_square":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/files\/2015\/04\/IMG_0101.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"simon","author_link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/author\/simon\/"},"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcv15g-XS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3712"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3713,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3712\/revisions\/3713"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/handsupfortrad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}