

She joins other finalists, Brian Whiting from WH Pubs Ltd; and Michele Harriman-Smith and George Smith from Childrensalon.
Victoria, who co-leads our firm alongside Partner, Joseph Oates, will be celebrating her 30th anniversary with CooperBurnett in April next year. She trained with CooperBurnett and qualified in 1998.
Victoria is a member of our Management Board and heads up the Corporate and Commercial team. She has been President of West Kent Chamber of Commerce and Industry on two occasions, is a previous President of Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge & District Law Society and co-founded the business forum for Tunbridge Wells, enTWine, in 2020.
We, as a firm, are sponsoring the ‘Best Large Business’ Award. The finalists in that category are The Spa Hotel, TEK Seating, Southpaw and Infinity Group.
“I am rarely without words… but I am on this occasion,” says Victoria. “I feel very honoured to have been nominated and proud to be sharing the stage alongside such prominent business owners in Tunbridge Wells. I’m also impressed by the calibre of the finalists in the ‘Best Large Business’ Award and am looking forward to discovering who will shine on the day.”
The winners are to be announced at an event on Wednesday 17 December at Thackeray’s.
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