The Guild Leads The Industry In Driving Up Professional Standards
The Guild is the UK’s trade body for the professional beauty industry. In an industry that is unregulated by government, The Guild takes the lead in ensuring that standards of training and professionalism are high.
A major survey carried out through
Beautyguild.com in 2016 investigated the state of professional standards in the UK industry. In this issue of Guild Gazette, we examine the results from the survey and advise how you can use your Guild Membership to demonstrate you are a true professional.
WHO REGULATES THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY? The professional beauty industry is unregulated by the government, which means that anyone can call themselves a beauty therapist, holistic therapist or nail technician and set up in business offering treatments to members of the public. Untrained therapists are likely to offer shoddy or even dangerous treatments that can damage the reputation of the professional and qualified therapists. As the UK’s trade body, The Guild provides the professional beauty industry with a level of regulation through our membership structure, which is only available to therapists who are qualified and agree to abide by a code of ethics.
WHY INSURANCE IS ESSENTIAL
TO PROTECT YOU AND YOUR CLIENTS All professionals should have insurance to protect themselves and their clients. Accidents will happen, which is why you should have treatment insurance, which will pay out if you are sued for personal injuries, which you might inflict on your clients. There are an abundance of solicitors that will take on injury claims from clients on a “no win, no fee” basis, which means that any injury you inflict on your client is likely to result in a claim against you. Even if you don’t injure your client directly, claims
can arise from slips and trips in the treatment area or defective products and equipment.
Our survey asked therapists if they had treatment insurance. The results are shown in the table below:
Do you have treatment insurance Yes No
Result 82.9% 17.1%
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