Submission Forms

The Building and Construction Award recognises the importance of this industry to our growing city. The award is open to all businesses in the building industry: from carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers, and electricians, to drafters, architects, and interior designers. The award will recognise a business that can demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.

Ipswich is a regional hub for many sectors, in particular those services which support business to do business: from accountants, lawyers, financial advisors and banks, to marketing and IT businesses. This award recognises the importance of this industry to businesses in Ipswich and surrounding regions. The award will recognise a business that can demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.

This award is testament to the sense of community that continues to exist in Ipswich even as its population has grown. The award recognises those businesses who make a significant impact in our local community, be it through support for sporting clubs, stepping up at times of crisis, or supporting those in our community who are doing it tough. The award recipient will be able to demonstrate how their contribution has impacted the community.

The Customer Service Award is judged entirely on customers’ testimonials. Businesses are welcome to share the link to this nomination form with their customers but cannot nominate themselves for this award.

With significant development occurring in the Ipswich region and housing a key issue across Queensland, the Property and Real Estate industry is an important sector in our local economy. This award is open to businesses which contribute to the property and real estate industry in the Ipswich region. The award will recognise a business that can demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.

Retail creates unique benefits to the local economy and assists in generating business activity and jobs in many other industry sectors. This award is open to independent retailers and locally owned franchises operating in the Ipswich region. The award will recognise a business that can demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.

Tourism creates jobs, strengthens the local economy, contributes to local infrastructure development and can help to conserve the natural environment and cultural assets and traditions. This award category is open to businesses or individual events which have had a tangible and demonstrated influence on increasing tourist visitation to the Ipswich region. The award will recognise a business that can demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.

This award is open to all business people aged 35 years and under. This award is open to individuals who can demonstrate outstanding and successful contribution to business in their respective field over the last twelve (12) months. This achievement may be for a single initiative or for consistent excellence within their position. The business person will be a business owner or in a management position. All nominees must be 35 years or younger as at 11 October 2025.

This award is open to all business people aged over 35 years. This award is open to individuals who can demonstrate outstanding and successful contribution to business in their respective field over the last twelve (12) months. The recipient will be a business owner or in a management position who can demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.

Ipswich is home to 10,638 businesses, the majority of them small business. This award recognises the crucial role small business plays in our local economy and employment and is open to businesses with less than 10 employees. The recipient of this award will demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.

This award is open to businesses with 10 employees or more. The recipient of this award will demonstrate how their bold vision, empowering leadership, and thoughtful execution has led to an outstanding result for their business.