Out &About

PBTV FILMING DAY THE JAM TREE, CHELSEA

Filming for PBTV took place in January with key brands that will be exhibiting at Professional Beauty London in February. Exhibitors such as Lizzie Wilkinson from The Eyelash Emporium, Tarryn Vice from Finishing Touches, Lara Fordham from Carlton Professional, Matt Taylor of Eve Taylor, Waxu’s Jenny Hunter, Dr Vincent Wong and many others joined the team to talk about their latest launches and plans for 2019.

Get a sneak preview of what they had to say, including an insight on the innovations they’ll be launching at Professional Beauty London at ExCeL on February 24–25, by heading to the Professional Beauty Facebook, Instagram and Twitter channels.

CACI INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES IN LEBANON

MUNROE HOTEL, BEIRUT, LEBANON

CACI International held an exclusive launch event at the Munroe Hotel in Beirut, Lebanon, with the brand’s Middle East distribution partner, The Medica Group. A wide range of guests including doctors, physicians, clinicians and beauty experts attended to see the CACI technology. CACI’s global export manager Mark Todd presented a summary of how the non-surgical facial technology can be integrated into the beauty market for all age groups. Medica’s training manager Nadine Khoury was also there, demonstrating the CACI Synergy machine to guests.

GUINOT INTERNATIONAL FRANCHISE SEMINAR AND AWARDS CEREMONY

PARIS, FRANCE

The Guinot Franchise team and i ts network of franchisees t ravelled to Paris for the International

Franchise Seminar and Awards Ceremony.

The day began with a speech f rom G uinot- Mary Cohr chief executive Jean-Daniel Mondin and international franchise manager Edouard Falguieres, which d iscussed G uinot’s goal o f keeping s alons a t the forefront o f i ts mission. They also spoke about the f ranchise network growth, a s i t entered new international markets such a s the United A rab Emirates, A sia, Spain, Germany and America in 2018 and welcomed 74 new f ranchisees to i ts network, making a total o f 2 24 g lobally.

There was then a tour o f the G uinot laboratory and manufacturing plant, where franchisees had access to the G uinot a rchives f rom the past 50 years and witnessed the p roduction p rocess o f some o f their f avourite p roducts.

In the evening, the international G uinot team hosted a gala d inner for the 2018 awards ceremony. J ustyna Rostek was the UK and Ireland’s winner of Franchise S alon o f E xcellence and joined G uinot UK managing d irector Chris Gillam on s tage to receive her award.

INVESTORS IN PEOPLE AWARDS

Ridma Perera, chief executive of the London Makeup School and London Hair Academy, took home the People’s Award for Manager of the Year at the Investors in People Awards, which took place at The Roundhouse in Camden. The event was hosted by comedian Russell Kane with the winners announced by the voice of Strictly Come Dancing, Alan Dedicoat.

Paul Devoy, head of Investors in People, said, “This year’s Investors in People Awards were an inspirational celebration of best practice across our international community. It was fantastic to see so many worthy organisations nominated for outperformance in their approach to people management. I commend the London Makeup School and the London Hair Academy for their dedication to improving the quality of work for people in the UK. Congratulations to Ridma Perera on winning this year’s People’s Award for Manager of the Year.”