Broadland and South Norfolk Business Awards sponsors

Birketts

Headline sponsor, sponsoring Retailer of the Year

Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning over 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich, and Sevenoaks. Defined by our next level law proposition, we advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four practice groups: real estate, corporate services, dispute resolution and private client.

As a Certified B Corporation™, we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our Responsible Business strategy.

Hethel Innovation

Sponsoring Business Growth

Where Ambitious Businesses Grow and Thrive.

Hethel Innovation is a dynamic catalyst for business success, empowering ambitious entrepreneurs and established companies alike to thrive. By combining flexible, high-quality workspaces with expert business support and a vibrant network of connections, Hethel Innovation creates the ideal environment for growth.

From modern offices, workshops and hot-desking facilities at Hethel Engineering Centre, Scottow Enterprise Park and Stowmarket Innovation Gateway, to tailored advice, training and innovation-led support, businesses gain the tools and confidence to unlock new opportunities.

At its heart, Hethel Innovation brings together people, ideas and expertise, fostering collaborative communities that drive innovation, strengthen local economies and create lasting impact.

Panel Graphic

Sponsoring Business Innovation

Panel Graphic specialises in the supply of high-quality plastic display-screens. Items that are machined, printed, or coated with specialist coatings to make them abrasion resistant or give them a surface that removes reflection allowing the customer to read information displays clearly all the time - even in direct sunlight. These high-quality items are produced in Norfolk and supplied worldwide to blue chip customers such as Bentley, Porsche and McLaren.

Founded in 1998 by Steve Earl MBE, the family run business employs a dedicated team of staff in Loddon. They are the go-to place for electronic display enhancement screens in a rapidly expanding marketplace.

Jarrold Training

Sponsoring Employer of the Year

Part of the Jarrold Group, whose business roots in Norfolk stretch back more than 250 years, Jarrold Training is a national award-winning Business Performance partner for companies throughout the Eastern region and beyond. Our heritage gives us a strong foundation, and our focus is firmly on the challenges businesses and their people face today, and what they need to perform, adapt and grow.

We work with our clients across all sectors to improve their organisational performance through consultancy, leadership & team development, digital skills & health & safety training.

What connects us is a belief that development should do more than create a great experience on the day. It should change something; shift thinking, build capability, and deliver long term performance improvement.

Citrus Security Shredding

Sponsoring Environmental Impact

Citrus Sharp Security Shredding service both business and residential customers in Norfolk and Suffolk. This Customer service team have a long history providing security shredding solutions for confidential information, supplying sacks, locking bins and other user friendly office recycling units. Call 01508 528 477 for a quote, referencing BSN Awards to receive minimum 5% discount.

Citrus are a multi-award winning company achieving Customer Care, Community Impact and Environmental Best Practice recognition from regional, national and international Assessors. Citrus is carbon neutral, shredding thousands of tons of paper, that are recycled in the UK into office papers and children's colouring books. Cardboard, plastics and metals are also recycled.

The Food Enterprise Park

Sponsoring Food and Drink Producer of the Year

The Food Enterprise Park is a centre of excellence, home to a growing cluster of dynamic food and drink companies on a 100-acre development within the DEFRA Greater Norwich Food Enterprise Zone.

The initial 48 acres in Broadland has Local Development Order (LDO) status, granted in 2017, with full planning permission and is the home of Condimentum, Broadland Food Innovation Centre, Fischer Farms, Flower Vision, and Korutek. The phase 2 LDO has now been put in place with South Norfolk Council, unlocking an exciting opportunity to expand and create a manufacturing and distribution food and drink hub in the heart of Norfolk, with a road link to the new dualled A47 and massive grid and renewable power.

FIG (Financial Industry Group)

Sponsoring Insurance, Financial or Professional Services

FIG is a partnership of leading firms, local government and higher education institutions across Norwich and Norfolk.

FIG’s vision is to develop and promote a thriving cluster in Norwich that is recognised internationally as a centre of excellence for insurance, financial and related professional services. In doing so, FIG creates value for people, firms and local communities. The FIG Board comprises senior executives from leading companies, local government and higher education institutions.

Mirus Aircraft Seating

Sponsoring Manufacturing and Engineering Business of the Year

Mirus Aircraft Seating is a fast-growing commercial aircraft seating manufacturer headquartered in Norfolk, UK, with operations in Malaysia and China. We design, test, and manufacture lightweight aircraft seats that combine innovative engineering, passenger comfort and airline efficiency.

Working with leading airlines and aircraft OEMs, we build long-term partnerships through advanced seating solutions, engineering expertise and responsive aftermarket support. As Mirus continues to grow, we remain focused on delivering smarter, lighter and more sustainable aircraft seating.

InTouch Systems

Sponsoring New Business

InTouch Systems provides specialist IT expertise for commercial, public sector, and educational organisations. Our services include:

• Complete network infrastructure design, installation, and support, including structured cabling and fibre optics
• A wide range of internet services, including full fibre, leased lines, satellite, wireless, and 4G/5G rapid deployment
• Advanced telephone systems, hosted telephony, and infrastructure, leading the way in communication technology
• Flexible engineering service contracts delivered by our skilled in-house engineers
• Cloud computing, web hosting, e-business systems, and secure email solutions
• Project consultancy and management
• Specialist installation services for interactive displays, whiteboards, and projectors

Pasta Foods

Sponsoring Broadland Small Business of the Year

Pasta Foods is the UK’s leading dried pasta manufacturer supplying a wide range of food sectors from canned goods, salads, instant and ready meals, foodservice and wholesale customers.

Pasta Foods have been manufacturing high quality pasta since 1956, using durum wheat milled into semolina from its own dedicated semolina mill in Great Yarmouth. This provides customers with total assurance over quality, food traceability, and reliability of supply.

Big Sky Living

Sponsoring South Norfolk Small Business of the Year

At Big Sky Living, we take a more holistic approach to our developments. For us, it’s all about people enjoying the life they are living, not just within the confines of their individual homes.

Yes, we build homes that offer people more than they would usually expect from traditional developers – quality of finish, specification, size of rooms, size of windows. But we also focus on building communities and landscapes – layouts, road widths, greenery, recreation spaces, commercial premises – places where people build friendships and enjoy living.

We are focused on enhancing the quality of life in South Norfolk and beyond.

Norfolk Museums Service

Supporting Tourism Business of the Year

Norfolk Museums Service operates 10 museums across the county, preserving and displaying Norfolk’s rich heritage.

Its flagship site is Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery which plays a major role in enhancing Norfolk’s appeal as a cultural destination and supporting tourism. In 2025 its 900 year old Norman Keep reopened following a major transformation to reveal its origins as royal palace. Visitors can now access all five floors from basement to battlements and explore reconstructed royal chambers, immersive exhibits and the new Gallery of Medieval Life, developed in partnership with the British Museum.

Pub is The Hub

Sponsoring Pub of the Year

Pub is The Hub is a not-for-profit organisation that helps publicans and their pubs in rural and deprived areas to diversify their local services and activities. This can include adding projects such as village stores, community cafés, libraries to creating community gardens and children’s play areas. Its Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness initiative specifically looks to support publicans with their communities to become better connected, helping local people feel less isolated and, and working to alleviate loneliness. This encourages activities such as travelling theatre productions and local craft events. Recent research from Pub is The Hub has established that for every £1 spent investing in the provision of services and activities in the pub an average of £8.28 of social value is created locally.

Over the last 25 years Pub is The Hub has helped over 600 pubs diversify, with more than 300 of these benefitting from help through the Community Services Fund since 2013.

CNC Building Control

Sponsoring Business Builder Exemplar

CNC is a dynamic, forward-thinking partnership of five local authorities across East Anglia, delivering expert building control services for a wide range of domestic and commercial projects. With strategically located offices at Broadland Business Park serving the East, and in Cambridge covering the West, we offer local expertise with regional reach. As building legislation becomes increasingly complex, our depth of knowledge and experience gives our clients a distinct advantage, reducing your risk in achieving compliance.

Our highly professional team guide our clients through every stage of the regulatory process with clarity and confidence. With CNC, you gain more than compliance - you gain trust, reliability, and a commitment to excellence.