A MALDON hair salon is celebrating after scooping two prizes at a prestigious awards ceremony.

Reed Hair in High Street was named front of house team of the year at the Hairdressers Journal International’s British Hairdressing Awards in London.

The salon, run by Vicki Meredith and Jane Williams, also picked up the customer care award.

Judges choose Reed Hair for the way customers were treated at the salon with front of house staff praised for their communication and going above and beyond their duty.

Vicki and Jane said: “We are absolutely ecstatic. This is our tenth year in business but we changed completely last year and had full support from our amazing team, so a huge thank you goes to them.

“This award means so much to us as customer care is fundamental to our business; we are so passionate about it and it is so important.

“Stylists work one to one with each customer which makes us unique. We have no apprentices, just one stylist for every client.”

Manager, Jayne Robinson added: “We changed the business entirely last year and it was obviously the right decision.

“This is what we aspire to do, we want to get to the top and be the best salon out there.

“Hairdressing is sometimes undervalued and we believe winning awards like this build value and show how important every aspect of the business is.”