For those of us in business in Norfolk – we know how successful the local business community is and we are very much aware of our future potential. What we are not so good at, is shouting about those successes across the UK and around the world. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) Regional Business Awards presented a great opportunity for businesses across the Eastern Region to celebrate their success and show how good they were. And we are delighted to announce that out of the eight categories, Norfolk businesses have been crowned regional winners in six of them.
Commenting on the success of Norfolk, Chris Sargisson, Chief Executive of Norfolk Chamber of Commerce said:
“Norfolk Chamber strongly believes that our region has some of the finest businesses in the UK and we should be all be promoting them and our region to showcase Norfolk’s true business and economic potential.
“The Chamber Business Awards are a brilliant opportunity for our members to do exactly that and on a national stage. Norfolk businesses were competing against 5 other counties and we are very proud to have six regional winners.
“We are looking forward to supporting our Norfolk regional winners at the national finals in November and hopefully seeing them win the national titles as well!”
The Eastern Region comprises of Norfolk, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Suffolk and the winning award categories for Norfolk were:
- Best Use of Technology Award – Lintott Control Systems
- Export Business of the Year – Gnaw Chocolate
- Employer of the Year – Liftshare
- High Growth Business of the Year – Pruce Newman Pipework Ltd
- Small Business of the Year – Gnaw Chocolate
- Workplace Wellbeing Award – Larking Gowen LLP
The regional winners will now be invited to the BCC Gala Awards Dinner held on 29th November 2018, in London to compete against the other UK regions for the national crown.
To view a full list of regional winners click here.
