2024 Sponsors

Sponsors of Growth Business of the Year

Ashtons Legal is delighted to sponsor the Norfolk Business Awards and the Growth Business of the Year category for the second consecutive year.

An award-winning firm, Ashtons’ vision is to be ‘an exceptional professional service provider putting our clients at the centre of everything we do’. Regardless of legal need, Ashtons’ focus is on always delivering first class legal advice with exceptional service, helping our clients grow and achieve their aims. We are a full-service law firm, providing every type of commercial legal advice that businesses need. Ashtons also specialise in a number of niche legal areas such as French Property, road transport and regulatory law, franchising and injury services.

Ashtons is delighted to sponsor the Growth Business of the Year award category again and are hoping to see entries from a diverse number of organisations all involved in East Anglia’s thriving business community.

Sponsors of Large Business of the Year

Ensors is one of East Anglia’s oldest and most respected chartered accountancy firms, with over 130 years’ experience in professional accountancy services.  Ensors has seven office locations, spanning from London to Huntingdon. 

We understand that no two businesses are the same, and neither are their accounting requirements. From core accountancy expertise to niche specialisms, we offer end-to-end accountancy services which are tailored to your unique needs.

We cover a wide range of sectors, from education and charity, to manufacturing, agriculture and tourism. 

Our local experts are on hand to support our corporate clients by providing strategic and practical advice, in line with the ever-changing regulations and guidance. We advise on audits, tax efficiency & structure, corporate finance and much more to businesses across Norfolk.

We have been helping businesses in the region to achieve their full potential for a number of years and this experience puts us in the perfect position to help you to manage, protect and shape your financial future.

Sponsors of Customer Excellence Award

Greater Anglia is proud to be sponsoring this year’s Norfolk Business Awards. We are passionate about delivering excellent customer service and ensuring that the railways play their full part in helping our region to be both economically prosperous and a wonderful place to live. 

We are therefore committed to consistently raising customer service standards. We now have a fleet of brand-new trains, operating on our Norfolk routes, transforming the travelling environment, providing more comfortable journeys, increasing seating capacity and helping to deliver record-breaking performance, as part of a £1.4 billion investment programme. Every single carriage has been replaced in the largest ever investment in trains in East Anglia.  In Norfolk, all local routes are now operated with high quality, three or four carriage trains (not mostly one or two carriage trains, as before). They are air conditioned and more accessible, with plug and USB points and free wifi. 

Over the last year we have been taking advantage of the benefits offered by the new trains, as we achieved the highest-ever annual punctuality levels seen across our network.  Our teams have also been doing an excellent job of keeping our trains clean and safe. We’re looking forward to welcoming more and more customers back on our trains as we recover from the pandemic and support the sustainable economic development of our region in line with decarbonisation targets. So excellent customer service really is at the heart of our plans to transform our region’s train services.     

Sponsors of Medium Business of the Year

At MAD-HR, our Consultancy team embodies a unique blend of expertise that empowers businesses to thrive in today's competitive marketplace. Our diverse skillset allows us to provide tailored HR and learning and development solutions that not only address immediate challenges but also strategically align with your long-term goals.

Whether it's attracting and retaining top talent, navigating complex employee relations, ensuring compliance, building capability or developing robust HR strategies, our team is equipped to handle it all. We pride ourselves on being big enough to make a meaningful impact on your business, yet small enough to offer personalised, hands-on support that truly makes a difference.

Serving small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across East Anglia, with offices in Norwich, Ipswich, and Chelmsford, MAD-HR provides expert guidance without the commitment of an in-house team. Our dedication to excellence has been recognised with accolades in the Suffolk and Norfolk Business Awards in 2022 and 2023 for Customer Excellence, and we've been honoured as a Trusted Platinum Partner by Feefo for the past two years.

With MAD-HR, you’re not just getting great support - you’re partnering with a team that genuinely cares about your success.

Sponsors of Environmental and Sustainabilty Award

Norse Group is the UK’s largest and most successful local authority-trading company (LATCo), combining commercial know how and public service values to provide a wide range of services to local authorities through partnerships.

 Wholly owned by Norfolk County Council, the group has more than twenty joint venture partnerships with councils, delivering services ranging from waste collection and facilities management, building maintenance, property consultancy and care. 

 Based in Norfolk and operating across England and Wales we employee around 4,000 people locally and 9,000 nationally.

 Our brand of ethical commercialism makes us very different to our private sector competitors; we share the same values as local authorities, with a firm focus on protecting the environment, delivering social value, and meeting the strictest governance criteria. Every year our Group returns millions of pounds to the public purse.

Sponsors of Positive Impact on the Community Award

RWE is the largest producer of power in the UK, and a leading renewable generator, supplying around 15% of UK electricity with a diverse operational portfolio of onshore wind, offshore wind, hydro, biomass and gas. The UK plays a key role in RWE's strategy to grow its renewables portfolio and to become carbon neutral by 2040. Between 2024 and 2030, RWE expects to invest €55 billion in new green technologies and infrastructure to support the energy transition. RWE directly employs around 2,600 people in the UK, plus many more indirectly.

Focusing on the Norfolk Offshore Wind Projects, Norfolk Vanguard East and West, and Norfolk Boreas, they will collectively produce enough green electricity to meet 10% of the UK’s domestic needs. 

Onshore, construction of the 60km underground cable route is underway, already providing skilled jobs and opportunities for young people to begin their careers. In the onshore construction alone, over 40 local companies are involved, further providing opportunities for the region in helping us grow green. 

Drinks Partner

Booker is a market leading wholesale provider in the UK. As a foodservice wholesaler Booker provides the best service, choice and price to caterers, retailers, and other businesses through their branches nationwide.