{"id":72118,"date":"2023-05-11T04:00:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/2023-geelong-business-excellence-awards-launched\/"},"modified":"2023-05-11T12:18:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-11T02:18:45","slug":"2023-geelong-business-excellence-awards-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/2023-geelong-business-excellence-awards-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Geelong Business Excellence Awards launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE search for Geelong&#8217;s best and brighest businesses has begun again, with entries officially opening to this year&#8217;s LBW Business + Wealth Advisors Geelong Business Excellence Awards (GBEA).<\/p>\n<p>Run each year since 1986 by the Geelong Chamber of Commerce, the awards are the oldest continuously running business awards programs in Australia, and recognise and celebrate business achievement and performance.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023 edition of the awards was launched with an event in the Furphy Hall at Little Creatures Geelong last week.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102694\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102694\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102694 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/GBEA_Launch_0405202_18978-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1683688463\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carla Salmon and Joel Shillinglaw from Adventure Park Geelong receive the GBEA Hall of Fame award.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102695\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102695\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102695 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/GBEA_Launch_0405202_15912-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1683688484\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102695\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steve Clark from Geelong Broadcasters, Warick Brown from Times News Group and Sarah Milgate from Geelong Broadcasters.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch, Geelong Chamber of Commerce president Jeremy Crawford said the awards had been well supported by businesses for a long time and were an envied event not just locally but regionally.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was meeting with the Victorian Chamber and the Melbourne Chamber just recently, and they had some great respect for the awards in our region, and I think that&#8217;s a great testament to the business community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102697\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102697 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/GBEA_Launch_0405202_65124-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1683688527\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Business of the Year winner Jake Munday from Custom Neon (left) in conversation with Geelong Chamber of Commerce CEO Jeremy Crawford.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102692\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102692\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102692 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/GBEA_Launch_0405202_93134-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1683688408\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102692\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The awards&#8217; chief judge for this year, Simon Flowers from LBW Business + Wealth Advisors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The awards&#8217; chief judge for this year, Simon Flowers from LBW Business + Wealth Advisors said the GBEA in 2023 had slightly adjusted questions in some categories but were largely the same as previous years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102693\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102693 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/GBEA_Launch_0405202_87686-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1683688435\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LBW Business + Wealth Advisors associate principal Cathryn Walley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_102696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102696\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-102696 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/GBEA_Launch_0405202_22217-1-600x380.jpg?_t=1683688506\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raelene Woods from genU, Jacqueline Bartels from genU and Rachel Patterson from bay 93.9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said winners from previous years should definitely re-enter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They know how beneficial it is to enter and go through the process&#8230; 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