European Sponsorship Association (ESA)

Avios, Citroën, Gas Natural Fenosa, Littlewoods and Standard Life Investments are the shortlisted brands in the – the Business to Consumer – Media category for the 2014 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) has revealed its shortlist for the 2014 ESA Excellence Awards following a 15-per-cent year-on-year increase in entries.

The F1 Recruitment agency has agreed to continue its support of the Professional Development Award, part of the ESA Excellence Awards of the European Sponsorship Association.

The European Sponsorship Association has launched its 2014 ESA Excellence Awards, with two new categories introduced this year.

The European Sponsorship Association has announced that the annual figure for the size of the European sponsorship industry in 2013 has risen to €26.05bn ($35.7bn), a slight increase on 2012 of 0.7 per cent.

The European Sponsorship Association launched a new policy document on ambush marketing at its annual Sponsorship Summit held in London on April 3.

Electric Ireland, Hypo Alpe-Adria Bank, Mercedes-Benz, Panasonic, RATP, Sky and Vodafone are the shortlisted brands in the “ESA Best of Europe” award category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided tonight in London.

Audi, McDonald’s, Standard Chartered and SAP are the shortlisted brands in the “Multi-national” sponsorship category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

AEG, British Athletics and What Car? are the shortlisted brands in the “Rights Holder” sponsorship category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

RaboDirect, Kellogg’s Krave, Volkswagen, Aviva and RBS are the shortlisted brands in the Social Media sponsorship category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

Audi, British Gas, GE and Prudential are the shortlisted brands in the “Business to Employee” category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

Anchor Butter, Audi, Jose Cuervo and Morrisons are the shortlisted brands in the “Business to Consumer – Media” category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

BMW UK, Budweiser, Liberty Insurance and O2 are the shortlisted brands in the Business to Consumer category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

Danske Bank, Schwarzkopf LIVE Color XXL, the Ice Age movie franchise and SAP are the shortlisted brands in the “Business to Consumer – Low Budget (Under €500,000)” category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

Aberdeen Asset Management, An Post, Beazley, Budweiser and Genworth Financial are the shortlisted brands in the Business-to-Community category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

Aberdeen Asset Management, Audi AG, Evonik and Heathrow Express are the shortlisted brands in the Business-to-Business sponsorship category for the 2013 ESA Excellence Awards to be decided this month.

As a partner of the 2014 ESA Diploma, the first academic qualification designed specifically for the needs of the sponsorship industry, Sports Sponsorship Insider presents a first-hand account of this year’s course from a recent graduate.

Judges of the ESA Excellence Awards have little more than one month to go before they make their final choices in nine sponsorship award categories which have now reached the shortlist stage.