All judges are to sign a confidentiality agreement.
All judges are to declare any conflicts of interest.
A minimum of two and maximum of three independent experts’ judges will be allocated to each category.
All applications and assessments will be provided to each judge via a website portal.
Each judge is required to submit an individual score card via the Toowoomba Chamber website.
In each category, there is to be a maximum of 4 finalists.
In each category, there is only one winner.
The judges from each category may select a sole-trader and micro-business application, to be in the running for the Sole-Trader of the Year Award and the Micro-Business of the Year Award.
There will be a nominated lead judge for each category.
All judges are to complete the site visits together.