The Professional Beauty Awards gave British salons and spas the chance to shine with the first ever Professional Beauty Regional Awards and it was a winning night for local spa The Malvern Spa as they scooped a top award.

A panel of independent industry experts judged all the finalists before mystery clients put them all through their paces experiencing treatments and reporting back to the expert judges. Mark Moloney, Managing Director of Professional Beauty comments, “The British beauty industry is world renowned. To be a winner is a huge achievement and the judges said this category was full of outstanding spas, making it a particularly tough one to judge. We salute them in their success and wish them all the best for the Professional Beauty Awards next year.”

Collecting the award Spa Manager, Amy Downton said “We're absolutely over the moon! The spa team work so hard every day and we've invested heavily in training this year, which I think has really taken our spa to the next level. Our staff have been on many different courses and refresher training to ensure we keep up to date with the latest treatments. I'm so thrilled that our hard work has paid off!”

Liz Holmes, vice chair at UK Spa Association commented “We're hugely impressed by this spa team, their attention to detail and fantastic emphasis on training makes them a worthy winner of this award. A huge congratulations, very well deserved!”

Manchester’s stunning The Monastery hosted the glittering ceremony that saw celeb host Rick Edwards present the winners with their trophy. As the excitement of winning takes hold, it’s only the start of the journey as they are now automatically entered into the national Professional Beauty Awards, held in London in February 2017.

The first ever Regional Professional Beauty Awards were brought to you in association with Alumier MD, BTL Aesthetics, Elemis, Hair no more, Heaven by Deborah Mitchell, iiaa, INK London, Katherine Daniels Cosmetics, Megawhite and Sesderma.