The 2022 Hyndburn Business Awards ceremony will take place on Thursday 16 June at The Dunkenhalgh Hotel.

When nomination opens you can nominate a business by clicking on the Nominate tab on the navigation bar and filling in the form. Before nominations open, and after they close, the form will not be available.

Any businesses located within Hyndburn can be nominated, businesses located outside of Hyndburn are not eligible to enter the awards.

Please nominate as many businesses as you like, the more the merrier! To nominate again, just refresh / reload the Nomination page after nominating.

We will be in contact with you to get a few more details then we’ll send you a link to enter via our online portal (new for 2022!).

If we’ve already got your email address from past year’s nominations you’ll hear from us soon. If we haven’t got your email address, and you’re on Facebook it’s likely we’ll contact you via Facebook Message so do please look out for any contact from us.

Once the form has been submitted online you will be officially entered into the awards. All entry forms must be submitted online by midnight on Sunday 24 March.

Our core panel of judges from across Hyndburn will read through all entry forms and decide, collectively, on who should be shortlisted. For each award, the judging panel will also include the sponsor.

The shortlisted businesses / finalists for each category will be announced via social media on Thursday 12 May 2022.

A designated Judgement Day will see the judges meet with each sponsor throughout the day to discuss and debate the winner of each category. This information will remain Top Secret until winners are revealed at the awards ceremony.

Ticket booking will open once the finalists are announced. Businesses shortlisted for an award automatically get allocated one free ticket to the ceremony and will be given the option to purchase additional guest tickets.

Ticket priority is given to finalists and sponsors. Tickets can be purchased online, via a unique link, which will be sent to finalists once announced. General admission tickets may be available, please contact us if you are interested in attending. 

For our live ceremony, the doors and bar will normally open at 5.45pm. The meal will be served from 6.30pm and the awards will be presented between 8.15pm and 10.15pm. The final award to be presented will be the Beacon Award.

Yes, of course. Nominations can be made by anyone.

We are very much hoping to run a live ceremony in 2022. If we have to run HBA22 virtually, the awards will be pre-filmed and premiered on Facebook Live at 6pm on Thursday 16 June. Access our Facebook page by clicking here.

We wanted to make it easier to enter the awards. The new online form is a smart-form and will help you decide which of the many award categories to enter (you are welcome to enter as many as you are eligible for). You can also save the form at any time, and return to it later.

You will need to have been nominated first. You can then register as a user on this website. The link to register will be included in your Congratulations email from the HBA volunteer team.

Please check your junk and spam folders for an email from Hyndburn Business Awards. If you are a Gmail user, please check your Promotions inbox (Gmail has 3 inboxes). If you still can’t find your email please contact us via the Contact page with your business name and email address and we will send it to the address you supply.

When nominated businesses have registered, they can locate the entry form at this link

The MOVE ON TO NEXT PAGE button will save progress and take you to the next page (it is located bottom right of each page). You need to fill in the fields on that page before progressing

The PREVIOUS PAGE button will take you to the previous page (located bottom left of each page). This is handy if you’d like to check or amend any answers

The SAVE PROGRESS & EXIT button allows you to save the form, close the window and return to it later (it is located underneath the last question on each page, above the PREVIOUS PAGE button). Return to the form at any time

The SUBMIT button on the last page must be clicked to fully submit the form and enter the 2022 awards (once you’re happy with your answers). The deadline for submission is midnight on Sunday 6 February

There are five main Page Headings which are displayed at the top of the form. They are General Info, Judging Info (1) & (2), Categories, and Last Page.

Some award categories, eg. Customer Friendly Business have extra questions to answer. These will be added as Page Headings. So, depending on the categories you choose to enter, you may have extra Page Headings, or may not.

You can only navigate through the form using the Page Headings if you have already filled in the given page. When returning to the form after saving, you can click a Page Heading to get to the page you need, or just scroll down and click the NEXT button until you reach the desired page

The SUBMIT button on the last page must be clicked to fully submit the form and enter the 2022 awards, once you’re happy with your answers. The deadline for submission is midnight on Sunday 24 April.