January a busy time for Mayor’s Business Awards

January is a busy time for The West Norfolk Mayor’s Business Awards with lots going on in the background.Over the next couple of weeks, judges will be out and about interviewing the shortlisted businesses in all eleven categories.Robert Fuller of RFA Digital Film Production will also be meeting the candidates and shooting videos which will be viewed by the audience on the night of the awards before the winners are announced.

Pictured at the launch of the 2025 Mayor’s Business Awards last year are, from left (back): Harrison McNaught of Mars, Cllr Simon Ring of West Norfolk Council, West Norfolk Mayor Paul Bland, Rebekah Chilvers of the Lynn News, Louise Malkan of My House Online, and Craig Symonds of Mapus-Smith & Lemmon, (front) Leanne September of Mars, Vicky Etheridge of BID (Discover King’s Lynn), Laura Dixon of Greenyard and Alison Richardson of Brown & Co

The Awards, organised by the Lynn News and our sister title Your Local Paper, will be held on Friday, March 7 at the usual venue of the Alive Corn Exchange in Lynn’s Tuesday Market Place.

Robert Fuller will be visiting each finalist at the Mayor’s Business Awards this year

The shortlists for the awards, whose headline sponsor is once again West Norfolk Council, are as follows:Mayor’s Business of the Year (sponsored by West Norfolk Council): Bespak, Home and Garden Outlet, Steele Media.…headline sponsor and the Environmental Champions and Mayor’s Business of the Year award sponsorImage3378519

…headline sponsor and the Environmental Champions and Mayor’s Business of the Year award sponsor

Small Business of the Year (Mapus-Smith & Lemmon): Designs, Smartlift Bulk Packaging, Steele Media.

Mapus-Smith and Lemmon LLP is sponsoring the Small Business of the Year award

Businessperson of the Year (Brown & Co): Daniel High (Doctor Thirstys Night Club and Rewind), Emily Phipps (The Angel at Watlington), Tom and Laura McEwan (Home Instead West Norfolk).

Brown & Co is sponsoring the Businessperson of the Year category

Business Innovation (Metcalfe, Copeman & Pettefar): GH Hair Design, Workplace IT.

…sponsoring the Business Innovation award

Apprentice/Trainee of the Year (Greenyard Frozen): Conor Clark (MARS), Katrina Moffatt (Benchmarx Kitchens & Joinery), Meg Savage (Eric’s Pizza).

…sponsoring the Apprentice or Trainee of the Year award

Customer Care (My House Online): Crown Lodge, Munchkin and Me, King’s Lynn Residential Care Home.

…sponsoring the Customer Care award

Independent Retailer (Fraser Dawbarns): GG’s Treasures, Mabel Bakery, The Norfolk Deli.

The Leisure & Tourism award is sponsored by Fraser Dawbarns LLP

Leisure and Tourism: Majestic Cinema, True’s Yard Fisherfolk Museum, Watatunga Wildlife Reserve. Employee of the Year (Mars): Dan Mason (Workplace IT), Livvi Hodges (College of West Anglia), Sarah Cox (West Norfolk Deaf Association).

MARS is sponsoring the Employee of the Year award

King’s Lynn Champion (Discover King’s Lynn (BID): Fraser Dawbarns, Kip McGrath Education, Rose Garden Flowers.

…sponsoring the King’s Lynn Champion category

Environmental Champion (West Norfolk Council): Goodwins Hall Care Home, Mars Food, Springwood High School.Got a business story? Email newsdesk@lynnnews.co.uk

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