Marc antoni celebrates 50 years

Marc Antoni recently held its 2015 awards ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Caversham, Reading, celebrating staff dedication and marking the start of the business’s 50 year anniversary celebrations with an impressive black tie Parisian evening event. A champagne reception which included staff from their 5 salon group started the celebration before a sumptuous three course dinner. Bruno Giamattei Snr gave an amazing insight into what times were like back when the group was set up. “I’m immensely proud of my four sons who have worked hard to achieve everything that Marc Antoni stands for today. For everyone that works to help Marc Antoni achieve success, thank you.” Aaron Giamattei presented the yearly awards which finished with the return of Salon of the Year won by Marc Antoni Fleet. Bruno Giamattei, the Fellowship of British Hairdressing President praised the team on their success and thanked those that had supported the 5 salon group over the last year. The Winners were: Progressive Stylist of the Year Nancy Jennings, Jon Thornett, Natalie Pullin (awarded by Daniel Spiller) Samantha Gibbons, Laura Tull, Amber Gill (awarded by Simon Giamattei) Retail Stylist of the Year Laura Tull, Natalie Pullin, Nancy Jennings (awarded by Bruno Giamattei) Retail Salon of the Year Woodley Salon of the Year Fleet Junior Awards – First year Dressing hair (1^st) Megan Johnstone, (2^nd) Ellie Hutchinson, (3^rd) Megan Grocott (awarded by Bruno Giamattei Snr) Junior Awards – Second year Cut & Colour (1^st) Shannon Fogarty, (2^nd) Nicola Loizou, (3^rd) Bethany Stanley (awarded by Bruno Giamattei Snr) The awards ended with a standing ovation to Neil Watkins who has been at the firm for over 30 years, and the 50 year celebrations continued until the early hours.