{"id":83,"date":"2022-10-19T14:55:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/awards\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2025-02-03T15:02:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:02:43","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-shrink-0 flex flex-col relative items-end\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"pt-0\">\n<div class=\"gizmo-bot-avatar flex h-8 w-8 items-center justify-center overflow-hidden rounded-full\">\n<div class=\"relative p-1 rounded-sm flex items-center justify-center bg-token-main-surface-primary text-token-text-primary h-8 w-8\">The Express &amp; Star Business Awards are the ultimate celebration of innovation, achievement, and excellence across the vibrant spectrum of our region's commercial landscape.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"NormalTextRun BCX0 SCXW34683648\">Each year the number of applications continue to grow and more companies than ever before want to recognise just how great they are and take part in these awards, competing for the attention they so richly deserve. This is a testament to business engagement across the region.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"37995f0c-2443-4689-aacf-22c288370a25\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p>Powered by the region\u2019s leading multimedia powerhouse, these awards put your brand in front of thousands of engaged readers from the nation\u2019s top regional newspaper and its fastest-growing website. It\u2019s your chance to shine under the brightest spotlight available.<\/p>\n<p>This year we have 13 categories which include two exciting new categories for 2025. The awards are free and easy to enter so don't hesitate.\u00a0 Any company or organisation that is based in and around the Black Country, South Staffordshire and North Worcestershire regions, reflecting the Express &amp; Star circulation area, can sign up.<\/p>\n<p>The journey culminates in a dazzling awards night at The Halls Wolverhampton on Thursday, June 5 2025, where the finest finalists, esteemed sponsors, and prominent figures from the business and civic world will gather for an unforgettable evening of celebration, networking, and recognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Express &amp; Star Business Awards are the ultimate celebration of innovation, achievement, and excellence across the vibrant spectrum of our region's commercial landscape. Each year the number of applications continue to grow and more companies than ever before want to recognise just how great they are and take part in these awards, competing for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-83","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationalworldevents.com\/esba-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}