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3 Peaks Challenge

21st November 2018

Two Sevenoaks based firms, Warners Solicitors and Handelsbanken, have raised over £12,000 for West Kent Mind, smashing their original target of £10,000. The team of ten walkers and two support drivers took on the notorious ‘National 3 Peaks Challenge’ earlier in the year....

Penshurst Place scoops top wedding venue award - for the third time!

20th November 2018

Congratulations to Ben Thomas, General Manager, and his team at Penshurst Place for being named Wedding Venue of the Year 2019 by the Kent Wedding Awards, an award they have won for the third time. Penshurst Place were pitted against stiff competion for the main category, Wedding Venue of the Yea...

New members sign up after attending recent events

19th November 2018

We are delighted to welcome Julianne Green of JXG Buisness Solutions Ltd who signed up to Chamber membership following her visit to our Business Exchange Evening at Tonbridge School in October. We would also like to extend a very warm wlecome to Jack Sales of TN Accountancy who joined the ...

100 Years Commemoration - A Remembrance

12th November 2018

A Thanksgiving and Dedication Service took take place at 10.45am on Sunday 11 November at the War Memorial in Royal Tunbridge Wells. The sun came out behind the clouds just as the service started and the rain managed mainly to stay away. During the service which was conducted by Canon Pete...

Tune into 'tecwork'

8th November 2018

This Friday (9/11/18) Chamber member 'tecwork' are on the MONEY TALK show on Channel Radio talking about Internet Connections. Why not tune it at 1pm and get up to speed? Tune in (or listen on catch up) and find out about government subsidies (business and consumers), how to deal with poor...

Business Exchange Evening at Tonbridge School 31st October 2018

8th November 2018

A huge thank you to the team at Tonbridge School for their hospitality at our recent Business Exchange Evening. We were lucky to be in the stunning surroundings of Old Big School Gallery, where guests were able to view a model of the exciting new Science centre, which will open early next y...

New Appointments at Growing Law Firm

25th October 2018

Warners Solicitors, with offices in Sevenoaks and Tonbridge, has appointed eight new members of staff. Leading expert Martin Terrell has joined, along with Heather West, Niki Tarrant and Tara Millen, to head up a new Court of Protection team. Eleanor Norman has moved over from Warners’ Sev...

Creative and Cultural Industries Survey

25th October 2018

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and Kent County Council have commissioned Tom Fleming Creative Consultancy to carry out research on the Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI) sector of Tunbridge Wells. They are keen to build up their evidence base and have devised a survey, which will take about...

Tom Tugendhat MBE MP speaks at Autumn Lunch

24th October 2018

Around 40 people enjoyed the West Kent Chamber of Commerce and Industry Autumn Lunch on Friday 19 October in the stunning surroundings of the Lowry Room at Tonbridge School with guest speaker Tonbridge and Malling MP, Tom Tugendhat MBE. After a welcome drink and two-course meal, Mr Tugendhat was...

DMP LLP become ISO9001 certified

18th October 2018

Many congratulations to Chamber member DMP LLP who have been working towards and now officially become ISO9001 certified. The ISO9001 is the international standard that specifies requirements for a quality management system (QMS). Organisations use the standard to demonstrate the ability to cons...