2025 Sponsors
We couldn’t do this without our sponsors, in particular our headline sponsor Barclays.
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Barclays
Headline Sponsor, Norfolk Business of the Year, and Oustanding Achievement
Supporting businesses turning over more than £6.5m pa, Barclays Corporate Banking has the banking excellence you’d expect with the data and insights you don’t. We look beyond banking to help you see what really matters. Through our dedicated sector and regional specialists, and the power of the wider Barclays network, we can act on those insights together. We can provide you with innovative financing solutions that help you achieve a more expansive, better-connected future for your business. See things differently with Big Picture Banking at Barclays.
Visit barclayscorporate.com
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Ashtons LegalItem Link
Sponsors of Employer of the Year
Ashtons Legal is delighted to sponsor the Business Awards again and are this year sponsoring the Employer of Year category.
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.
Our commercial law solicitors are efficient and pragmatic, delivering solutions that keep businesses coming back. They anticipate challenges and opportunities, offering strategic advice to keep clients ahead of the game. Their expertise, attention to detail, and passion drive client’s success.
Ashtons is delighted to sponsor the Employer of the Year award category and are hoping to see entries from a diverse number of organisations all involved in East Anglia’s thriving business community.
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EnsorsItem Link
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.
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Greater Anglia
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.
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Sponsors of Medium Business of the Year
Is your business achieving its full potential through its people? As a multi-award-winning HR consultancy based in the East of England, we’re here to make sure it does. We specialise in helping businesses of all sizes become more productive, profitable, and people-focused.
Our expert team works alongside you to simplify HR – whether you need advice on recruitment, managing employee performance, navigating complex legal matters, or creating a strategic overhaul of your HR function. We offer both ad hoc and retained services, giving you the flexibility to get exactly what you need, when you need it.
With a Platinum rating from Feefo for customer excellence, we pride ourselves on delivering real results. You’ll benefit from 24/7 access to our unique tech platform, packed with policies, templates, and guidance - plus our hands-on, solutions-focused approach whenever you pick up the phone.
We’re not just HR specialists – we’re part of your team. We understand the pressures of running a business and tailor our support to fit your commercial goals. And with strong ties to our community – supporting local causes, innovation hubs, and business boards – we lead with values as well as expertise.
If you’re ready to get the best from your people, we’re ready to help. Book a free discovery call today and find out how our proven HR strategies can unlock real growth for your business.
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RWEItem Link
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.