NEWS - JAVA TRAINING WINS TOP AWARD

JAVA WINS TOP AWARD SECOND YEAR RUNNING

For the second year in a row, the outstanding JAVA for Hair in-house training programme has won an award for Staff Training and Development at the prestigious Mid Essex Business Awards 2008.

Winning the award for a second time was particularly difficult because judges wanted to see how a training programme, that was already award winning, had been further developed and improved in 12 months. Jess Mitchell, owner of the JAVA salons in Colchester and Chelmsford, Essex, explained: “We knew it would be extremely difficult to win the same award again and we faced very tough competition but the judges felt that we had been able to demonstrate how much we had progressed in the past year.”

One of the latest innovations to impress the judges is the JAVA Hair Club, established by younger members of the team. The Club is open to youngsters still at school who are interested in a career in hairdressing. It allows them to come in after school and gain some practical experience in a salon.

Members of the JAVA team attended the Awards ceremony at Towerlands Equestrian Centre in Braintree.