{"id":375290,"date":"2026-08-26T11:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=375290"},"modified":"2026-08-26T11:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T01:33:47","slug":"record-entries-for-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2026\/08\/26\/record-entries-for-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Entries For Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_361217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-361217\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-361217 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524awards08-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-361217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FLASHBACK: Nicola Pitt, centre, with three Trainee of the Year finalists at last year&#8217;s awards &#8230; Bridgette Bushel, Chloe Smith and Caitlin Franklin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>August 26, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A record number of entries have been received for this year&#8217;s South Burnett Training &amp; Business Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Organising committee spokesperson Nicola Pitt said so many entries had been received a fourth independent judge had been appointed to help sort through and assess the submissions.<\/p>\n<p>The 4th annual awards dinner will be held at Kingaroy Town Hall on September 26.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets can be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/4th-annual-south-burnett-training-and-business-awards-tickets-1996201469331\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">booked online<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"v1MsoNormal\">The evening will include a three-course meal, with MISfITZ providing the live music and Nancy Jayde Photography capturing the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>Entries were invited from individuals and businesses across the South Burnett and Cherbourg regions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Award categories this year 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>Two new categories are:<\/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>As well, non-competitive Employee Excellence Awards will be presented.<\/p>\n<p>Several new sponsors have also come on board this year, including South Burnett Arts Inc which is sponsoring the Arts Business or Event of the Year category.<\/p>\n<p>Nicola said all nominees will receive an email within days with further 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> <\/strong>(2025)<\/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> <\/strong>(2024)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/04\/04\/awards-celebrate-training-success\/\">Awards Celebrate Training Success<\/a> <\/strong>(2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A record number of entries have been received for this year&#8217;s South Burnett Training &#038; Business Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":361217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,3,1490],"tags":[21],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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