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17
Mar
Business Breakfast: Harrogate entrepreneurs named in Beauty Rich List
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Four Harrogate entrepreneurs have been named in the first ever Sunday Times Beauty Rich List.
At the top of the regional ranking, Martin and Gavin Rae, the founders of Hornbeam Park-based CLOUD NINE, are Yorkshire's richest beauty entrepreneurs, with an estimated worth of £50 million. They come joint 14th in the national ranking.
CLOUD NINE, which is based on Hornbeam Park, produces hair-straighteners, curlers, wands and dryers, and its tie-ups with ITV's Love Island and celebrities including singer Frankie Bridge have given plenty of volume to its sales.
On Thursday evening, the company was named Best Employer at the Stray Ferret Business Awards, and was also Highly Commended for Best Use of Digital.
Joint second on the list for Yorkshire are childhood friends Nicola Elliott and Oliver Mennell. Together they founded NEOM – a name formed from their combined initials – and have turned it into a home fragrance company that has made waves internationally.
The company now operates from headquarters at Beckwith Knowle and is best known for its scented candles and diffusers but also produces hair and skincare ranges.
Elliott and Mennell are listed separately and are both estimated to be worth £25 million, placing them in joint 22nd place in the national ranking.
Topping the overall UK list is the 'Queen of British cosmetics' Charlotte Tilbury, with an estimated fortune of £350 million. Other notable names include haircare magnate John Frieda, former Apprentice star Susie Ma, brand powerhouse Jo Malone and ex-BBC presenter Trinny Woodall.
In total, the 30 entrepreneurs on the Beauty Rich List boast a combined estimated wealth of £2.174 billion.
Robert Watts, compiler of the list for The Sunday Times, said:
There are so many inspiring people with rags-to-riches stories here. Our Beauty List includes someone who came to the UK as a child refugee, another who was homeless and camping in woodland during his teens.
There are others who left school with few or no qualifications to their name, one who was expelled. We have entries who suffered hair loss and very serious skin conditions that led them to create their own treatments which they later started to sell.
All these people went on to build successful beauty brands making products people love, creating jobs, contributing decent sums to the public finances and of course making many of us look and feel a lot better along the way.
Phoebe McDowell, beauty and interiors director of The Sunday Times, said:
Beauty is big business, and this inaugural list demonstrates the power of creativity and innovation in the sector. These entrepreneurs have not only built brands but changed the way we think about hair, makeup, and skincare.
Trainee gardener sought
Newby Hall is looking for a new trainee for its gardening team, as well as volunteers to work alongside head gardener Lawrence Wright and his team of seven.
The 12-month placement will see the trainee involved in all aspects of maintaining and developing the award-winning gardens at Newby Hall, which lies between Ripon and Boroughbridge.
Mr Wright said:
The new trainee will join the team as part of the Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme (HBGTP), which has made a significant contribution towards securing the future of the country’s historic gardens.
They will have hands-on experience of a wide range of horticultural tasks in the 25-acre garden, enabling them to develop a broad set of professional skills which will make an excellent foundation for a future horticultural career.
Newby Hall & Gardens
The HBGTP is managed by English Heritage. The scheme enables people wanting to establish a career in horticulture to earn a salary while working with professional teams to learn technical knowledge and high-level practical skills at some of the best historic gardens throughout the UK.
To date, the scheme has benefited more than 300 trainees, and many students have gone on to top jobs in the industry.
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