Here are the winners of the nhbf business awards 2019

The winners of the NHBF Business Awards 2019 were revealed at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel in London last night. At the start of the evening the organisation's chief executive Hilary Hall revealed the National Hairdressers' Federation is rebranding. From now on the association will be known as the National Hair and Beauty Federation. She said: "Now is the time to put hair and beauty under one roof."

The news was announced a year after the organisation introduced the National Beauty Federation to provide support for beauty businesses. The National Hair and Beauty Federation is the UK’s largest trade association for hairdressing, barbering and beauty salons. It is a non-profit organisation with over 75 years of experience. The prestigious business awards are a celebration of the success of the best hairdressing, barbering and beauty business in the industry as well as those who stood out to win the Photographic Image of the Year. NHBF president Ian Egerton said: "The entries we received this year were of an extraordinarily high quality and the judges were hugely impressed. Choosing the overall winners from such a strong field of finalists was a tough task and we'd like to congratulate everyone who made it to the finals. The finalists and winners should be extremely proud of their achievement."

The winners of the NHBF Business Awards 2019  are:

Male Fashion Look Yucel Olmezkaya - MR Barbers Male Fashion Look Collection Jim Shaw - Essensuals and Essensuals Men Female Fashion Look Andrew Smith - Andrew Smith Salon Female Fashion Look Collection Karen Thomson - KAM Hair and Body Spa Outstanding Contribution to the Hair or Beauty Industry Tina Parsons, Burghley Hair-Beauty-Academy Best Front of House Burghley Hair-Beauty-Academy Best Apprentice Owen Davies - Saks Chester Best Social Media Hxhair Best Community Support Barrie Stephen Best Salon Design Harris & Fox Best Client Experience Melissa Timperley Salons Best Innovation Chair Salons Best New Business Law Salons Highly Commended: Studio 88 Best Independent Hair Salon or Barbershop (Small) Antonacci Hair & Beauty Best Independent Beauty Salon Tranquility Beauty Studio Best Independent Hair Salon or Barbershop (large) Highly Commended - Energy Hair Law Salons Highly Commended: Energy Hair

The NHBF Photographic Image of the Year winners are:

Female Fashion Look – Single Image  Andrew Smith, Andrew Smith Salon, Fareham Female Fashion Look – Collection Karen Thomson & KAM Hair and Body Spa Creative Team, Lossiemouth Male Fashion Look – Single Image  Yucel Olmezkaya, MR. Barbers, Cambridge Male Fashion Look – Collection Jim Shaw, Essensuals and Essensuals Men, Billericay