{"id":374661,"date":"2026-07-29T17:09:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=374661"},"modified":"2026-07-29T17:33:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T07:33:02","slug":"entries-now-open-for-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/07\/29\/entries-now-open-for-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Entries Now Open For Awards!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_374667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374667\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-374667\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2025trainingawards-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-374667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2025 South Burnett Training &amp; Business Awards were held in Murgon &#8230; this year they&#8217;ll be in Kingaroy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>July 29, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entries are now open for the 4th annual South Burnett Training &amp; Business Awards which will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>Entries for all categories have been invited from individuals and businesses across the South Burnett and Cherbourg regions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award categories include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2026 Business of the Year<\/li>\n<li>2026 Apprentice of the Year<\/li>\n<li>2026 Trainee of the Year<\/li>\n<li>2026 School-Based Apprentice \/ Trainee of the Year<\/li>\n<li>2026 Equity Award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Two new categories this year are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2026 Arts Business or Event of the Year<\/li>\n<li>2026 Music Venue of the Year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>As well, there will be non-competitive Employee Excellence Awards presented.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nominations can be made\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnetttrainingawards.net.au\/nomination-pages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong> or the forms can be downloaded and mailed to: South Burnett Training Awards, PO Box 373, Kingaroy, 4610.<\/p>\n<p>Independent judges will be examining the responses submitted with the nomination forms, so these should be completed carefully!<\/p>\n<p>Entries close on August 22.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information, visit the South Burnett Training &amp; Business Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/southburnetttrainingawards.net.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the 2026 awards gala dinner will go on sale soon, and some limited sponsorship opportunities are still available (see the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnetttrainingawards.net.au\/sponsorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> <\/strong>for more information).<\/p>\n<p><strong>NB. The awards are being auspiced this year by Burnett News Inc, publishers of southburnett.com.au.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2025\/05\/30\/council-wins-business-training-award\/\">Council Wins Business Training Award<\/a> (2025)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/03\/27\/ctc-wins-major-training-award\/\">CTC Wins Major Training Award<\/a> (2024)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/04\/04\/awards-celebrate-training-success\/\">Awards Celebrate Training Success<\/a> (2023)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entries are now open for the 4th annual South Burnett Training &#038; Business Awards which will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall on September 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":374667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1901,5,3,1490],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Entries Now Open For Awards! 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