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Nail & beauty apprenticeships: salons share benefits, their experiences & advice

By Rebecca Hitchon | 11 February 2025

In a recent poll on Scratch’s Instagram, almost 80% of respondents shared that they’re considering taking on apprentices. Here, two UK salons share how they’ve reaped the rewards of the apprenticeship process.. Nailspa, West Yorkshire “As a business owner, I believe that when it comes to employees, you cannot beat…

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Get inspired: Nail pro, Lucy Price-Marshall, shares her journey to dominating the nail industry

By Lilly Delmage | 9 February 2025

Natural nail specialist, OPI educator, salon manager & multi-award winner, Lucy Price-Marshall, shares her career story and how she balances various industry roles… Tell us about your journey into the nail industry… While I was at school, I worked at my mum’s nail salon, Nailspa in Huddersfield, on Saturdays, assisting…

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Scotland home salon: the pro offering a one-stop shop for nails, hair & beauty services

By Lilly Delmage | 8 February 2025

Emma Saunderson, the owner of Angus-based salon, GlamEm, has made a name for herself as a versatile beauty professional, offering an impressive range of beauty treatments from her home salon. Having trained as a nail technician in 2019 with Young Nails, Emma initially worked on a mobile basis. Though as…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Polished Sheffield

By Kat Hill | 2 May 2018

Bright pops of yellow contrast against the clean, contemporary lines of Polished Sheffield. Located in Chapeltown, the salon relocated to new premises last year. “We chose to move to be more accessible to clients and offer better parking facilities, too,” reveals Maria. In its new home, the salon’s team are…

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Spa consultancy suggests welcoming heartbroken clients

By Kat Hill | 27 April 2018

A spa consultancy has revealed ‘Break-Up’ spa breaks as a wellness trend to note. Raison d’Etre describes the break as a trip to ‘helps guests adjust to major life changes’ and for those ‘having to ‘break up’ with previous elements of their lives’, including relationships, life changes or even bereavement.…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Manor Farm Spa & Clinic and Revive Beauty, Lamport, Northants

By Kat Hill | 25 April 2018

“After living in rural Northamptonshire all of my life and always travelling into the town for beauty treatments, I felt there was a need to open a salon within a village,” reveals Tanya. “When driving past a farm in Lamport one day and noticed a sign stating there were ‘barns…

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Salon in the Spotlight: JK Beauty, Stockton On Tees

By Kat Hill | 18 April 2018

After originally dreaming of flying the sky as cabin crew, it was Jessica Healey’s love of beauty that kept her grounded and inspired her new career. “I’ve always been interested in nails so I decided to study my Beauty Therapy Level 2 and 3 – and since then I’ve been…

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Salon in the Spotlight: Nailcraft by Vonny, Loughborough

By Kat Hill | 11 April 2018

Starting life as the home study in Yvonne Tuckley’s family home, this salon is now a cosy retreat for clients. Yvonne’s passion for nail care was inspired by her own experiences of nail damage, spurring her on to train and become fully accredited. Deciding she wanted to make her passion…

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Manage your salon with ease with Versum software

By Helena Biggs | 5 April 2018

“My wife came back from a hair salon one day rather upset as somebody had booked two clients for the same appointment time and she didn’t get serviced,” reveals co-founder, Sebastian.”I realised that there was a need for salon owners to manage their business better and make it easier for…

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