Biggleswade salon named as a finalist for the

HJ British Hairdressing Business Awards 2018

Maxwells Professional Hairdressing – Beauty Therapy from Biggleswade, Bedfordshire has been named as one of the country’s top salons after being announced as a double finalist for the HJ British Hairdressing Business Awards 2018 – in the Salon of the Year (1) and Team of the Year categories

The salon which is renowned locally, now await the awards ceremony in September, to see if they have been crowned the overall category winner.

The Salon of the Year (1) category recognises a single salon with an annual turnover of more than £350,000 that is independently owned or a salon within a group; while the Team of the Year category is for those salons which demonstrates exception team working for business success.

Maxwells Professional Hairdressing – Beauty Therapy which employs a team of exceptional stylists impressed the judges thanks to their customer care, complaints procedure, promotional and marketing activity as well as staff engagement and training.

Commenting on the result, Jayne Lewis-Orr, executive director of the HJ British Hairdressing Business Awards, said; “To be named as a double finalist highlights how exceptional this salon is. With hundreds of entries for each category and a panel of judges that excel at looking for the finer details, just to make the shortlist is an outstanding achievement. We wish them all the very best of luck for the awards night, which promises to be a spectacular evening for all.”

HJ’s British Hairdressing Business Awards promote professionalism, innovation and excellence, while recognising those individuals and teams who work tirelessly to raise the profile of the hairdressing industry. Currently over 287,000 people work within the hairdressing, barbering and beauty industries**; contributing over £7bn to the UK economy each year.

Commenting on the announcement, Ian Hendry from Maxwells Professional Hairdressing – Beauty Therapy, said, “We’re delighted to have been named as a finalist, not just once but twice, for the British Hairdressing British Awards. It reflects the tremendous hard work everyone at the salon has put in over the past 12 month, and we’re indebted to them for making this such a fantastic year. We’re so excited and cannot wait until the awards ceremony in September!”