British hairdressing business awards 2010 - finalists announced!

The finalists of this year's British Hairdressing Business Awards have been chosen after two intensive days of judging.

A combination of category sponsors, hairdressers and industry experts spent hours sifting through the hundreds of dossiers to choose those that should be shortlisted for the British Hairdressing Business Awards 2010.

And the shortlisted entries are:

Business Director of the Year

Sponsored by HJ

• Amanda and Toby Dicker, The Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent
• Ken Picton, Ken Picton, Cardiff
• Esther Prins and Tommy Van Der Veken, Tommy's Hair Company, Ruthin, Denbighshire, North Wales
• Peter and Tracey Prosser, Peter Prosser Hairdressing, Hereford
• Michael Van Clarke, Michael Van Clarke, London
• Mark Woolley, Electric Hairdressing, Brighton, Sussex

Customer Care Award

Sponsored by Kérastase

• Michael Van Clarke, London
• Migele Experience, Fife
• Rush London, Croydon, Surrey
• Tommy's Hair Company, Ruthin, Denbighshire
• Trevor Sorbie, London
• Trevor Sorbie, Manchester

Independent Salon/Business Newcomer

Sponsored by Great Lengths

• Clay, Oxshott, Surrey
• Code Hair Consultants, Lowestoft, Suffolk
• Imagine Hairdressing, Middlesbrough
• Luci Foreman, Taunton, Somerset
• Ravery's, Oxted, Surrey
• Spirit Hair Company, Wallingford, Oxfordshire 

Junior of the Year

Sponsored by Fudge

• Ashleigh Brown, Imagine Hairdressing, Middlesbrough
• Steven Butt, Cox McMillan Hair and Beauty, London
• Ben Hanlon, Michael Van Clarke, London
• Georgina Mucklin, Hooker & Young, Wynyard, Teeside
• Rebecca Pender, Rainbow Room International, Stirling
• Jack Spencer, hug 8, Uxbridge, Middlesex

• Darren Fowler, Clipso London
• Natalie Love, Gina Conway Aveda Salon and Spa, London
• Kerry Mather, KJM Salons, Fleet, Hampshire
• Mayo Molnar, Michael Van Clarke, London
• Lindsey Scott, Hooker & Young, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
• Lee Spencer, Imagine Hairdressing, Middlesbrough

• Electric Hairdressing, Brighton, Sussex
• Independent mindbodysoul, London
• Love the Salon, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Michael Van Clarke, London
• Migele Experience, Fife
• Tommy's Hair Company, Ruthin, Denbighshire, North Wales

• Hair@Jibe, Carlisle, Cumbria
• Hatstand Nelly, Aberdeen
• Michael Van Clarke, London
• Migele Experience, Fife
• Saks Hair and Beauty Kingshill, West Malling, Kent
• Yazz Number One Hair Studio, Rawdon, Leeds

• CRC Cutting Room Creative, Leeds
• Creme Hair & Beauty, Oakham, Rutland
• Gielly Green, London
• No 74 Hair & Beauty London
• Russell Eaton, Leeds
• seanhanna, Putney, London

• Ken Picton, Cardiff
• Michael Van Clarke, London
• Rainbow Room International, Uddingston, Glasgow
• Stuart Holmes Hair & Beauty Spa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• The Joseph's Experience, Flitwick, Bedfordshire
• Trevor Sorbie, London

• Clipso London
• Goldsworthy's, Cirencester,
• Hooka, Liverpool
• Jazzy D's, Thetford, Norfolk
• Michelle Griffin Academy, Birmingham
• Tommy's Hair Company, Chester, West Cheshire, Wales

• Barrie Stephen Hair, Leicester
• Eden Hair & Beauty, Haslemere, Surrey
• Michael Van Clarke, London
• Q Hair & Beauty, Chichester, West Sussex
• Review, Petersfield, Hampshire
• Trevor Sorbie, Brighton, Sussex

• Electric Hairdressing, Brighton, Sussex
• Hair Ott, Cosham, Portsmouth
• HOB Salons, Camden Town, London
• Marc Antoni, Henley-on-Thames, Berkshire
• Michael Van Clarke, London
• Rush London, Croydon, Surrey
• Zappas, Wokinghamshire, Berkshire

• Ken Picton, Cardiff
• Online Hair Academy, London
• Stuart Holmes Hair & Beauty Spa, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
• Tangle Teezer, London
• Tie Towel, Manchester
• Websterwhiteman, London