• About the Competition
• Affiliation With Art
• Background
• Last Year's Winner
• Prizes
• Entering - What To Do
• Submitting Your Work
• Entry Form
• Selection Process
• Closing Date
• Judging Panel
• Terms & Conditions
• Last Year's Finalists

Entering - What To Do

Our aim is to involve art colleges and their students in a commercial environment, through sponsorship of an art competition. The winners and runners up of the competition will see their art featured as part of our advertising campaign.

What do you need to do to win?

Provide a piece of visual art that would support and illustrate one of the following themes:

• Leading the way – we are the leader ahead of our competitors and provide industry-leading products for our clients – we are "ahead of the game".
• Working together/support – we team-up with advisors to provide their clients with the right financial solution for their growing business needs – partnership, teamwork and positive relationships.
• Specialist – we find solutions to complex problems through dedicated specialist teams to meet clients specific financial and business requirements - We have specialist teams for the Construction and the Recruitment industries.
• Innovation/Originality – we meet the ever-changing demands of growing businesses through providing innovative solutions to complex problems.
• Flexibility – our financial solutions are flexible and adaptable to meet the individual requirements of our clients financial needs and their future businesses growth.
• Getting the best results – We are an award-winning provider of ABL solutions – the proof is in the pudding, our results speak for themselves.
• Integrated solutions – we draw on all resources available to provide additional services across a whole banking spectrum.
• International expertise – we are located in several countries and are constantly entering new markets – international growth and diversity of international financial solutions.
• Sustainable relationships – we have maintained relationships with our clients over long-periods of time – in fact some up to 20 years – we are always there for our clients and are constantly maintaining our relationships.
• Expansion – we are constantly widening its range of products and services.
• Geography – we have specialist teams in Ireland, Scotland, Germany, Spain, France and the US so art images addressing the culture of these countries.
• 2012 Olympics – we will be promoting the 2012 Olympics and how we can help prepare athletes and businesses for the opportunities than will come.
• Industry sector specialisation – we already have a specialist team for temporary Recruitment comapnies and will soon have a specialist team for the Haulage/Logistics [road/rail/air freight sectors].

Guidelines

• What you produce should be a visual piece that would reproduce effectively in print.
• There are no restrictions on technique, materials or style (however work must be 2D and non photographic).
• Submissions should be in a form suitable for commercial use in media (both press, direct marketing and online) and dimensions should be A4 minimum, A1 maximum. Existing work completed by the entrant, that meets the brief, can be submitted as an entry. However, extra care should be taken to ensure that the art fits the brief.
• Art submitted must not have already been displayed in a commercial environment including commercial galleries and must not be submitted for other display or work commercially.
• Students are permitted to submit a maximum of two pieces of art into the competition.
• Winning artworks will become and shall remain the property of Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance / Commercial Finance Ireland and join their permanent art collection. Full accreditation will be given to the winning students.