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More than half of acne sufferers face abuse – study


Te British Skin Foundation’s recent acne survey found more than half of acne suffer- ers (56.8 per cent) have experienced verbal abuse from friends, family and other peo- ple they know due to their skin condition. The British Skin Foundation Acne


Survey 2014-2015, which had 2,299 respondents, highlights the emotional impact of the skin condition – for example the effect that it can have on a person’s self-esteem and confidence. Consultant dermatologist and British


Skin Foundation spokesperson, Dr Anjali Mahto, said the psychological burden of this skin disease must be investigated further. Details: http://lei.sr?a=S5V4P


Operators behind benchmarking


Spa manag ers fr om operations of different sizes and in different countries around the world gathered to discuss the importance of benchmarking at


the


Professional Spa & Wellness Convention at ExCeL in London last month. Vice chair of the UK Spa


Association Alex de Carvalho spoke about the UK spa market, highlighting the Association’s benchmarking data – based on information submitted confidentially from 80 spas across the region. Carvalho said there are


Alex de Carvalho is urging more UK spas to share their KPIs


2,900 spas in the UK, which represent an annual turnover of £1.2bn). Tere are approxi- mately 53,000 people employed in the UK spa market, which is the eighth largest spa market in the world – the largest is the US. Don Camilleri, consultant for UK-based


Hospitality and Leisure Concepts, who advises UK foliday company Center Parcs, gave a rare insight into the operation’s facts and figures. Since 2001, there have been five spa locations developed at the leisure retreats


Gill Morris founded GMT Business Training


Gill Morris joins Habia as partnership director


Hair and Beauty Industry Authority (Habia) has appointed Gill Morris to the newly created position of partnership director. In this role, Morris will build and maintain key stakeholder relationships to develop business growth for Habia. Morris is a founding member of


Habia – which was conceived in 2000 – and she has worked in the industry for years, most recently running her own business consultancy and skills training company, GMT Business Training. “I’m absolutely thrilled to be appointed


as partnership director of Habia,” said Morris. “I feel as though my career to date has brought me to this point and I’m looking forward to bringing education and the commercial side of the industry closer together – bridging the gap that oſten exists between the two.” Morris added: “My remit is to bring


together education, industry and employers for mutual benefit ensur- ing the future success of not just Habia but the industry as a whole.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=m5Y6m


8 Peak District due to launch this month


A UK inn and hotel is set to debut its Mill Wheel Spa this month, complete with a beach experience, water mill-powered shower and Heaven skincare by Deborah Mitchell – facialist to Simon Cowell, Gwyneth Paltrow, Claudia Schiffer, Victoria Beckham and Katie Price. Owned and operated by


the Kirk family since 1981, the 26-bedroom Three Horseshoes Country Inn at Blackshaw Moor in the UK’s Peak District is adding ther- mal facilities to create a destination spa. “We’ve always been involved with


Katie and Wendy Kirk are two of the family team that manages the spa


the hospitality trade but this is a new branch of hospitality that we have not yet experienced before,” said Wendy Kirk. “We’ve done a lot of research and wanted to


create something unique. We’re aiming to be come a major UK spa destination.” Features on offer at the spa will include a


shower powered by the visual centrepiece of the spa – a water mill. “Te water pours out


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from the shovels in intervals, alternatively warm and cold,” the spa website says. A large bed of warm sand will be available


for guests of the spa, to recreate a seaside scene. Te 25-minute experience takes guests from sunrise to peak sunshine and then sunset. There is also a sauna, stone steambath,


cedar plunge pool, two-person rasul mud bath, outdoor vitality pool and spa garden, in addition to a relaxation suite and three treat- ment rooms. Details: http://lei.sr?a=D4N8W


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known as Center Parcs. These spas have a combined total of 120 treatment rooms, 75 thermal experiences, 400 spa profession- als and they serve approximately 500,000 guests a year. Staff turnover is reportedly less than 25 per cent. Camilleri added that the turnover forecast for the end of the finan- cial year 2014/2015 will be around £21m. This means the average growth per year of the business is more than six per cent. Details: http://lei.sr?a=v3U6Z


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