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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.
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
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.” 8
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.