HJ's British Hairdressing Business Awards 2025 is Open for Entries

Published 08th Jan 2025 by Charlotte Grant-West

Whether you are Director of a salon chain, Manager of an independent salon, or starting out in your career in hairdressing, HJ’s British Hairdressing Business Awards 2025 has a category for you. Entries close Friday 4 April! 

Click here to enter now!

This year, the British Hairdressing Business Awards 2025 will be held on Monday 7 July 2025 at the new venue of Royal Lancaster London. All you need to do is prove your business prowess and you could be joining the list of prestigious past winners.

Choose your category, or categories – you can enter more than one as long as you meet the criteria – and start planning your entry. This year’s categories are:

  • Assistant of the Year
  • Barbershop/Grooming Salon of the Year
  • Business Director of the Year, sponsored by HJ
  • Customer Service Award, sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional
  • Educator of the Year, sponsored by Wella Professionals
  • Franchisee of the Year
  • Independent Salon – Business Newcomer
  • Innovation of the Year, sponsored by Glowwa
  • Manager of the Year, sponsored by Kao Salon Division
  • Marketing Campaign of the Year
  • Salon Design Award, sponsored by Dyson
  • Salon of the Year 1, sponsored by Vagaro
  • Salon of the Year 2, sponsored by L'Oréal Professionnel Paris
  • Salon Stylist of the Year 
  • Salon Team of the Year, sponsored by Alan Howard
  • Social Stylist of the Year
  • Sustainable Salon of the Year, sponsored by Authentic Beauty Concept

Remember your entry will need to convince the judging panel of industry experts that you deserve to be recognised as one of the best in business. But the rewards are worth the effort. A win, or an appearance on the shortlist, can be a career changing achievement, raising individual profiles or boosting brand awareness on a national level.

These awards are all about celebrating business acumen and those people and companies that go the extra mile to ensure that creativity and commercial success go hand in hand.

The closing date for entries is Friday 4 April 2025, so be sure to get those entries in now!

Team HJ wishes you the best of luck. 

Charlotte Grant-West

Charlotte Grant-West

Published 08th Jan 2025

Charlotte oversees the print magazine, website and social media channels at HJ. With over a decade of experience as a journalist, Charlotte was formerly Editor of Modern Barber and HJ Men, Social Editor at Netmums and Features Writer at Boots Health & Beauty magazine. She loves any products that make her hair bigger and more voluminous, and loves a behind-the-scenes peek at anything hair-related – whether it's a factory tour, BTS on a shoot or backstage at fashion week.

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