Winning GBYPY springboarded my career – Becca Horley

The overall winner of the Greater Birmingham Young Professional of the Year 2025 said that winning the award was a springboard for her career.

Becca Horley, a medical negligence solicitor at Fletchers, also won the GBYPY award in the legal category.

Becca said: “Winning GBYPY gives you a platform to get incredible opportunities and applying for the awards is a celebration of your achievements.

“But it’s actually the beginning of a springboard for your career to have opportunities that you wouldn’t otherwise have access too.

“It puts you in rooms with people that are like you and you wouldn’t have that if you didn’t apply for them. I think people need to be resilient and just go for it.”

Since winning the award Becca has worked on building her personal brand on social media and was named one of the top ten legal LinkedInfluencers at the start of this year. 

In April 2026 she will be running the London Marathon to raise money for children’s charity MollyOllys.