Graham webb awarded mbe for services to hairdressing

Graham Webb is the founder of the Graham Webb International salon chain and product company. He was made an MBE in 2005 for services to the hairdressing industry. Why do you think you received the award? I can only go by the citation - for services to business and charity work. I have often wondered what was the actual trigger, as I am a Kent ambassador appointed by my county and was co-founder of one of America's biggest haircare companies, so perhaps there was a recognition there for me as an international entrepreneur? What did you do to get it? I assume it might have been for my financial contributions from my autobiography sales to a number of charities. I was also the chairman of the Appeal for the NSPCC 'Full Stop' campaign in Kent, and have been a trustee of the Kent Association for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus. How did it feel when you found out? Shocked, amazed, proud and emotional! My final school report stated, "Lazy, silly, bone idle... and apparently content to remain so!" Is it important that hairdressers get recognised? Yes. It may help to sway those usual perceptions of people in our great industry. Who would you like to see get an award? Joshua Galvin. He was integral to the touring and exporting of British hairdressers to other countries.