Broadland and South Norfolk Business Awards sponsors

Birketts LLP

Headline sponsor and sponsoring Retailer of the Year

Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm. With a heritage spanning 160 years, we have more than 700 lawyers and legal professionals based in Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally across four principal practice groups: property, corporate services, litigation and private client advisory.

We are defined by our next level law proposition. We work with our clients as a proactive partner, horizon scanning and thinking ahead to the changes, challenges or opportunities that they may face.

Next Level Law is also applied to our people. Our collegiate culture means everyone is encouraged to achieve their next level in everything they do.

With our ambition to succeed, comes a strong desire to make a positive contribution to the communities we serve, and we are committed to delivering the objectives set out in our ESG strategy. Diversity plays an integral part in all that we do, with female partners comprising 40% of our partnership.

Holden Group

Competition sponsor

Holden Group is a family-owned automotive business with a proud heritage of serving customers since 1928. With dealerships in Norwich, King’s Lynn, and Bury St Edmunds, we represent leading brands, including Kia, Volvo, Honda, Renault, Dacia, and MG. Our reputation is built on honesty, expertise, and delivering an enjoyable experience for every customer.

We offer a wide range of new, nearly new, and approved used cars and vans for both private and business customers. Our dedicated service centres provide expert servicing, repairs, and maintenance, ensuring vehicles remain in top condition at competitive prices. Customer care is at the heart of everything we do, making every interaction smooth and stress-free.

As a forward-thinking business, we embrace innovation while staying true to our values. We are proud to support South Norfolk and Broadland District Councils, celebrating the success, resilience, and achievements of local businesses that contribute to our region’s growth and prosperity.

Hethel Innovation

Sponsoring Business Growth

Hethel Innovation accelerates real growth of businesses and communities through providing space to grow, business insight and creating connected communities:

Space to Grow

We give people the space they need to develop and grow businesses through provision of flexible hotdesking, office and workshop space at our incubators (Hethel Engineering Centre, Scottow Enterprise Park and Broadland Food Innovation Centre).

Business Insight

We help businesses overcome challenges by finding creative and innovative solutions, and help businesses access new opportunities through bespoke advice, workshops, and training.

Connected Communities

We bring together the skills, resources and ideas of our communities to work towards common goals.

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

Jarrold Training is a division of Jarrold & Sons located within St James Mill in Norwich.

Beginning as an Apple Mac training service, Jarrold Training has grown into a leading Business Training & Development provider, working with 100’s of organisations throughout East Anglia, the UK and Europe. For over 30 years it has been providing outstanding business training across a full portfolio of Leadership & Management, Health & Safety, Insights Discovery profiling, Strategic Planning workshops, IT, Business Skills, Project Management and Apprenticeships.

Jarrold Training’s mission it to support clients to “Learn, Develop, Be Brilliant” with their engaging provision.

Citrus Security Shredding

Sponsoring Environmental Impact

Citrus Security Shredding service both business and residential clients in Norfolk and Suffolk. A multi-award winning company achieving Customer Care, Community Impact and Environmental Best Practice categories at regional, national and international competitions. Citrus are IEMA (Institute of Environmental Management Accredited), ISO and ENO 27001 Audited.

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.

Owner Jules has a long history in shredding and is often contacted by the media for topical comment on industry and working woman issues.

Mirus Aircraft Seating

Sponsoring Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering

Mirus Aircraft Seating has grown to become a leading manufacturer of commercial aircraft seating with operations in the UK, Malaysia and China. We seek excellence at every step and adopt a unique approach of uniting technology, expertise and best practices to deliver innovative, high-performance aircraft seating that enhances the passenger experience and suits the requirements of operators today.

With a proven track record of delivering seating programmes directly to aircraft OEM production lines, or to airlines for retrofit and refurbishment projects, we build genuine partnerships with our customers, to deliver unparalleled seating solutions and ongoing service.

FIG (Financial Industry Group)

Sponsoring Excellence in Insurance, Financial and 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.

Woodforde's Brewery

Sponsoring Food and Drink Producer of the Year

For over 40 years, Woodforde’s Brewery has been dedicated to a single mission; crafting exceptional beer using the finest ingredients, brewed by passionate experts. Our commitment to quality is evident in every drop, from our range of renowned traditional ales to our innovative new creations that captivate both loyal customers and newcomers alike. Home to a wide range of beers, ales, and ciders, including two Supreme Champion Beers of Britain, Woodforde’s Brewery blends tradition with innovation, all while supporting sustainable practices.

Discover the craftmanship and passion that have made us a trusted name in brewing for over four decades.

InTouch Systems

Sponsoring New Business

InTouch Systems offers comprehensive expertise of complex I.T. systems for both commercial and public sector organisations. Specialist areas include:

• complete network infrastructure design, installation and support, including structured cabling and fibre optic
• a diverse range of internet services, including full fibre, leased lines, satellite, wireless and 4G/5G rapid deployment
• telephone systems, hosted telephony and infrastructure, positioned at the forefront of convergence solutions
• flexible engineering service contracts provided by in-house network engineers
• e-business systems, e-mail services, web hosting, cloud computing
• project consultancy and management
• specialist installations services for interactive 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.

Adnams

Sponsoring Tourism Business of the Year

Independent since 1872, Adnams has been supplying quality products from the coastal town of Southwold, for over 150 years. They craft well-loved beers and spirits and work with wonderful vineyards to bring you the best wines from around the world. Their long and colourful history, affinity with their environment and commitment to local ingredients, has inspired them to work towards a sustainable future. Adnams stores, hotels, pubs, and inns reflect their individuality and the personality of their teams, and they aim to make every moment memorable for their customers.

Pub is The Hub

Sponsoring Broadland Pub of the Year and South Norfolk Pub of the Year

Pub is The Hub is an independent not-for-profit organisation offering free specialist expertise to publicans on rural services diversification and activities to help alleviate loneliness through its ‘Join Inn – Last Orders for Loneliness’ initiative. The organisation was founded by His Majesty King Charles III, when HRH the Prince of Wales in 2001.

Pub is The Hub has worked with great publicans to help inspire projects including community cafes, village stores, IT hubs, cinemas, craft sheds, community allotments, libraries and travelling theatre. It has helped over 600 pubs diversify, with over 200 of these benefitting from help through its own Community Services Fund.

CNC Building Control

Sponsoring Business Builder Exemplar

CNC Building Control is a forward thinking and commercially driven partnership of five local authority Building Control departments within East Anglia delivering the building control function on a huge variety of domestic and commercial projects. We have offices at Broadland Business Park, which serves the east of the area, and Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, which serves the west.

As building legislation gets more complex, our knowledge and experience is an advantage in delivering fully compliant, successful projects within budget and on time. Our highly professional personnel deliver a ‘can do – will do’ philosophy guiding you through the legal requirements and providing specialist knowledge. This is why our customers come back time after time.