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How to Apply

Applications for the 20th annual Lord Mayor’s Business Awards open on Wednesday, 7 May 2025  

Businesses and individuals can apply for all categories where they meet the criteria. You can apply yourself, for your business or a business or businessperson you believe deserves recognition. 

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2025 Award categories

  • Accenture Australia Product Innovation Award 
  • ANZ High-Growth Business Award 
  • Australia Pacific LNG Business Transformation Award 
  • Carers Queensland Small Business Award 
  • dentsu Environmental Sustainability in Business Award 
  • International Business Award 
  • Hutchinson Builders Social Enterprise Award 
  • ISPT Investment in Brisbane Award 
  • Port of Brisbane Young Business Person of the Year Award 
  • The Courier-Mail Business Person of the Year Award 
  • oOh!media Micro Business Award 

Steps to apply

Applications will open from 12 noon on 7 May 2025. To nominate, please visit our application portal 

  1. Register for an account by completing your details. If you have already registered an account in previous year, please log in using your existing account details.
  2. Click on the start application button to begin your application. 
  3. Select a category and complete your application name and postcode. Once you have registered and started an application you can log in as many times as you wish to continue or complete your application, the portal will auto-save throughout. 
  4. Complete all fields and tabs for your entry to be considered. Terms and conditions can be found in the right-hand side menu of the application portal. 
  5. Once submitted, you can download a PDF version of your application. 
  6. You may apply for multiple awards, provided that your business/you meet the criteria for each category. 
  7. You can edit your entry after submission up until the entry deadline 5:00pm Friday, 27 June 2025. 
  8. Should the Lord Mayor's Business Awards team have any question regarding your application they will contact you directly. 

Important notes

A mandatory requirement for all categories is that the business or individual applying must be located in the Local Government Area of the City of Brisbane at the time of nomination, judging of the Awards and the Awards ceremony in 2025. 

Applications are subject to a word limit stated in the application form.

If you are applying on behalf of a business or individual that you are not a part of, the Lord Mayor’s Business Awards team will contact the party concerned to confirm they are happy to have an application submitted on their behalf.