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Great Yarmouth Town Centre Awards 2023 Winners Announced
27/06/2023
The Civic Society of Great Yarmouth is seeking to promote and enhance the heart of the town centre by publicly recognising the effort that so many businesses make with their shop and business frontages. The annual awards were divided into categories of town centre businesses.
The five categories are:
- Retail
- Food and drink establishments
- Services to include estate agents, banks, building societies etc.
- Personal services e.g. hairdressers, nailbars, tanning studios etc.
- Market stalls in the Six Day Market
An initial visual audit by Civic Society members of town centre premises was completed in May which was followed by a further round of judging of those premises shortlisted in the first audit.
The judging took into consideration the following criteria:
- Frontage – first impressions
- Cleanliness and lack of clutter on doors and windows
- Window display
- Cleanliness in front of premises including pavement
The judges scores were combined and the following winners in each category was announced in a ceremony at Great Yarmouth Town Hall on Thursday 13th July.
The category winners all received a framed certificate:
Morfose Turkish Barber, King Street for ‘Personal Services’
Hays Travel, Market Place, for ‘Services’
Nichols Seafood, Covered Market, for ‘Market Stall’
F Hinds, Market Gates shopping centre, for ‘Retail’
Avenue Fabrics, Market Place, for ‘Independent Retail’
The Troll Cart, Regent Road, for ‘Food, Drink and Leisure’
The overall winner was presented with a trophy and certificate:
The Troll Cart, Regent Road.
The full list of finalist were announced as:
| Business | Category |
| New York Nails | Personal Services |
| Morfose Turkish Barbers | Personal Services |
| Philip John Jewellers | Retail |
| HSBC | Services |
| Greggs | Retail |
| Sports Direct | Retail |
| Acorn Centre – Age Concern | Services |
| The Barber Shoppe | Personal Services |
| Barkers Photos | Personal Services |
| Sew Knitty | Retail |
| The Troll Cart | Food, Drink & Leisure |
| IJustWannaTreatUS | Food, Drink & Leisure |
| Market Gates Noodles Bar | Food, Drink & Leisure |
| F Hinds Limited | Retail |
| Warren James | Retail |
| Market Café | Food, Drink & Leisure |
| The Market Tavern | Food, Drink & Leisure |
| Avenue Fabrics | Retail |
| Hays Travel | Services |
| Jack’s Flower Stall | Market Stall |
| Nichols Seafood | Market Stall |
| Copland Family Bakers | Market Stall |
| Aston Shaw | Services |
| Jim’s Butchery | Retail |
| Upper Cut Barbers | Personal Services |
| Lovewell Blake | Services |
| TD Nails | Personal Services |
| Broad Row Stores | Retail |
| Vision Norfolk | Services |
| The Mariners Freehouse | Food, Drink & Leisure |
