Beauty & Hairdressing Issue 07

Members: News......................................................................................................................................................................
ABT MEMBERS’ NEWS
ABT appoint
Student
Ambassador
for UK & Ireland
ABT have appointed Martin
Widdicombe as ABT Student
Ambassador for the UK and Ireland.
Martin re-joins ABT in the role after a
period of semi-retirement.
As ABT Student Ambassador, Martin will be coordinating ABT’s
engagement with colleges and training providers across the UK
and Ireland. This will include facilitating student presentations
and communicating the benefits of ABT’s Student Membership
to students studying for qualifications in beauty, nails,
complementary therapies, hair and barbering, as well as college
lecturers and industry educators.
Commenting on his appointment as ABT Student Ambassador,
Martin Widdicombe says:
“I am delighted to be re-joining ABT as Student Ambassador, a
role I started initially in 2009. Working with our future generation
of beauty and hair professionals is immensely rewarding, and
having the opportunity to visit colleges and meet students in
person enables ABT to tailor our Student Membership to meet
their needs as well as offer guidance and support as they look to
forge successful careers.”
Dave Horton, ABT Director, adds:
“We’re very happy to have Martin back in the role of ABT Student
Ambassador, a role he excelled in previously. Despite his time
in semi-retirement, Martin still has a wealth of knowledge to
pass onto the students he meets during his college visits, and
we look forward to him reconnecting with college lecturers and
introducing himself to new beauty and hair schools across the UK
and Ireland.”
ABT Student Membership is available to all beauty, nails,
complementary therapy and hairdressing students and includes
a comprehensive insurance package through Zurich Insurance
Plc which includes up to £6 million Professional Treatment Risks
insurance, £6 million Public Liability insurance and £6 million
Product Liability insurance for students’ Case Study work or for
other work prior to qualification.
For information on ABT Student Membership, visit
www.abtinsurance.co.uk or email Martin Widdicombe at
martin@abtinsurance.co.uk
Get your courses accredited online
Training Providers and educators can now have their beauty and
hair courses accredited quickly and easily through ABT’s new
online accreditation service.
Available via the ABT website (www.abtinsurance.co.uk), training
providers can now apply and upload relevant information through
the online portal, and pay securely, meaning it takes less time
than ever before to gain ABT Accredited status.
“Having your course Accredited is crucial to give your course
the seal of approval and recognition it deserves,” explains ABT’s
Accreditation Manager, Tamzin Horton. “ABT Accreditation is a
simple, low cost and extremely efficient way to step out of the
crowd and show your potential clients that you are approved,
endorsed and eligible to offer ABT membership and insurance
packages to them.”
Visit ABT at Professional Beauty London
Come and see us in London this March, as ABT will be attending
Professional Beauty London.
The event takes place at ExCeL London on Sunday 29th and
Monday 30th March, and is the UK’s largest trade show for
beauty and spa professionals.
ABT will be exhibiting with offers on membership along with lots
of useful business advice.
Professional Beauty London also features the Nail Skills
Seminars, Make-up, Lashes & Brows Live Stage, Digital Skills
Seminars, Advanced Treatments Live Stage, Business Skills
Seminars as well as other educational opportunities.
Professional Beauty London also runs alongside the HJ Live
London trade show for hair professionals with the HJ Stage and
Modern Barber Stage.
You can register for free tickets to attend Professional Beauty
London by visiting www.professionalbeauty.co.uk
Take part in spring’s nail, make-up
& body paint tournaments
Feel like challenging yourself this Spring? If so, take a trip to
Dublin for the annual Irish National Nail Tournament and Irish
National Make-up Tournaments. Plus, there’s also the brand
new Irish National Body Paint Tournament with a Studio 54
theme, just launched.
Taking place over Sunday 8th and Monday 9th March at the
RDS, all three competitions are open to any professional nail
technician or make-up artist, as well as students, including
those working in the UK.
If you can’t travel to Ireland to compete on the day, you can also
enter Photographic and Boxed Nail Art categories in the nail and
make-up tournaments with the theme ‘Rags to Riches’.
Registration for each Tournament closes on Friday 21st
February – visit www.irishbeauty.ie.
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