Salon crowned the best in Lanarkshire at Scottish Business Awards

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A Wishaw hair and beauty salon has been named the best in Lanarkshire at the Scottish Business Awards.All About U on the town's Main Street, received the award at last week's glittering ceremony in Glasgow.Owned by Jennifer Haddow, the salon only opened last September and is already proving popular with clients.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

Get all the news from your area – as well as features, entertainment, sport and the latest on Lanarkshire’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic – straight to your fingertips, 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories, and allows you to customise your page to the sections that matter most to you.Head to the App Store and never miss a beat in Lanarkshire - iOS - Android Jennifer told Lanarkshire Live: "I was so shocked to win the award, I honestly did not expect it. "I was nominated by one of my clients and as the awards got closer, more and more people were telling me they had voted for me."Before I went to the awards ceremony people were telling me to prepare a speech and I told them not to be daft because I had no chance."I could not believe I had won.

There is actually a video on the salon's Facebook page of when I found out and you can see how shocked I am."It wasn't an easy journey for Jennifer to open her salon.

She had a battle with breast cancer but has now been in remission for four years.This, and an ambition to start other beauty treatments, led Jenifer to go and get extra training and find a space for a studio of her own.She said: "After having breast cancer I said to myself that life is too short and decided I wanted to open my own salon."I had also wanted to start other treatments such as tattoo brows and