This year’s Thetford Business Awards were launched on October 19, with representatives from Norfolk County Council and Norfolk Chamber of Commerce as well as the town’s mayor and its sponsors attending. The awards are run by owner of The Thomas Paine Hotel, Gez Chetal, chairman of Thetford Town Football Club Nigel Armes, and his mother and a former mayor and councillor of the town, Sylvia. There are 14 categories for the public to nominate their chosen town business and to vote, go to thetfordbubblyhub.com/thetford-business-awards-2024/ Gez said: “The awards mean the world to me, my family and our founders and we now have more than 100 local businesses involved – it makes me emotional to see what we have achieved with these awards.”