Speak about heady success.
Charlie Ward-Dobb skilled shock, pleasure and happiness in equal measure as his salon gained 5 awards on the trot.
The 33-year-old had entered CWD Hair, Magnificence & Training in six classes of the nationwide Salon Awards for hair in London.
To his astonishment the Westbourne enterprise, which opened in June 2021 and has a nine-strong staff, ended up successful the Dorset titles for:
- Greatest salon staff
- Greatest new, or refurbished, salon
- Stylist of the yr: Elizabeth Evans
- Extension artist of the yr: Nicole Rocks
- Barber picture of the yr: Nicole Rocks
Charlie, pictured left, stated: “If I’m utterly trustworthy I believed that it was simply going to be a fantastic expertise to be there.
“We’re new and had been up in opposition to quite a lot of different actually good salons.
“Then we saved successful.
“Each time we sat down after getting an award we appeared to be getting up once more for one more.
“I used to be tremendous excited and tremendous happy with the staff but in addition shocked.
“It’s such an achievement as a result of we’re a brand new salon.
“It’s good to have all our exhausting work repay.
“All of the employees are very gifted and we’ve all the time been welcoming and all the way down to earth.
“We’ve had a lot love and help from our shoppers, wishing us congratulations.
“Lots of people have been saying our success on the awards was well-deserved .
“It’s actually pretty to listen to and get that suggestions.”
A whole bunch of hair professionals attended the awards, held on the Leonardo Royal Resort St Paul’s in London.
They had been co-hosted by movie star stylist Errol Douglas MBE and Kate Jeffery, Founding father of the Salon Awards.
The awards concentrate on giving regional recognition for hair and wonder salons.
Based in 2017, they’re described as the one skilled hair business awards specializing in counties.
Friends loved a champagne reception adopted by a three-course dinner after which the awards ceremony with winners introduced from all corners of the UK and Northern Eire.
Kate stated: “2022 noticed the Salon Awards largest yr, receiving 1000’s of entries into the powerful course of to be within the working for an award.
“There was such an exceptional response this yr.
“It’s thrilling to see so many taking the plunge to make a distinction to their enterprise and careers.
“As all of us stare within the face of rising prices it’s by no means been extra necessary to work exhausting at retaining shoppers, producing new enterprise and recruiting nice groups.”
In June, on the primary anniversary of his enterprise opening, Charlie instructed Dorset Biz Information how opening his personal salon had been a dream fulfilled.
He added: “We completely smashed our first yr, exceeding targets in all areas of hair, magnificence and aesthetics.
“That was after opening up on the finish of all of the lockdowns in the midst of a pandemic.”
“I’ve been tremendous fortunate to have the perfect staff.
“I couldn’t have achieved it with out them and my tremendous pretty shoppers.”
