Winners of the national hairdressers federation business awards 2018 announced
Hairdressers and barbers from across the UK who were finalists of the NHF Business Awards gathered at the Hilton Manchester Deansgate for the crowning of the winners earlier this week.
Nominees and guests were welcomed to the NHF’s awards evening with a drinks reception before the winners of both the Business Awards and the NHF’s Photographic Stylist of the Year were unveiled at the awards ceremony. The newly-announced NHF ambassadors were also in attendance (pictured below) and gave individual speeches on what the NHF means to them.
The NHF’s 2018 Business Awards categories include:
- Best independent hair or beauty salon – CODE Hair Consultants Ltd
- Best barbering business - The Master Barber’s Shop
- Best new business (winner) – H & Co. Hair Salon
- Best new business (highly commended) – VL Aesthetics
- Best client experience – Melissa Timperley Salons
- Best community support – House of Hair
- Best apprentice – Nathan Klein, Shine Hair Ltd
- Best front of house – Richard Wallace Hair
- Best innovation - eBlade Scissors
NHF President Agnes Leonard said: “We launched our Business Awards last year to recognise the achievements of business owners across the UK, so we would like to congratulate all of our winners for their hard work and determination!
“The calibre of entries we received this year exceeded all our expectations, so we can’t wait to see what the entries will bring for next year’s awards ceremony which will be held in London 2019!”
New for 2019, the Photographic Stylist of the Year awards took place. There were six Photographic Stylist of the Year categories for professionals of all levels to enter an image suitable for the front cover of a magazine to be in with a chance of winning. Non-professional and professional images could be submitted by stylists and barbers to enter the competition which was designed to inspire creativity within the industry.
The winners of the NHF/NBF’s 2018 Photographic Stylist of the Year competition were:
- Female fashion Look – open to all (non-professional photography) – Ben Madle, Headhunters
- Male fashion Look – open to all (non-professional photography) – Emma Simmons, Salon54
- Female fashion look - (professional photography) - Royston Blythe, Royston Blythe Hairdressers
- Male fashion look - (professional photography) – Aimee McPherson, Hidden Heights, Creative Studio
- Female fashion look collection - (professional photography) – Nick Malenko, Royston, Blythe Hairdressers
- Male fashion look collection - (professional photography) – James Beaumont, Allure, Hair & Beauty