How a Modern Barber Award Can Boost Your Career

Published 31st Oct 2024 by Sian Jones

As entries are now open for the Modern Barber Awards 2025, we spoke to previous winners to find out why it’s worth entering. Our past winners told us what the award has meant to them and how the accolade has benefited their businesses or career.

Stuart Wharry - Best Photographic Entry 2022

Winning a Modern Barber Award not only gave me the recognition alongside some of the best within our barbering industry, but it also gave me the opportunity to demonstrate my knowledge, creativity, artistry and passion for hair! The Modern Barber Awards benefited me by providing an elevated platform to showcase my talent and dedication to the craft, having that acknowledgment was a pinnacle milestone in my career. I would encourage any aspiring professional to enter!

Kropper - Best Client Experience 2022

Winning best client experience was a huge deal for our young shop. It reinforced to us that we were on the right track. It made the staff feel good that they were in one of the top shops in the country and striving for better. We still have clients coming in based on the fact we are an award winning barbershop, and it remains our most liked Instagram post we've had. It felt like a real step up for us and it drives us to improve even more!

Mike Taylor Education - Best Training and Best Business Leader

Winning the Modern Barber Award for Best Training was fantastic for our business – it gave us the opportunity to demonstrate the quality of training we deliver and validates all the hard work the whole team have put in. 

Bonds Broadstone - Best Shop Interior 2020

Never has there been a better time to make your business stand out from the crowd and winning the Modern Barber award certainly helped! It shows clients that you are a professional and you strive to be the best.


So what are you waiting for? Start your entry now!

Sian Jones

Sian Jones

Published 31st Oct 2024

Sian is Editor Modern Barber and Deputy Editor Hairdressers Journal International. She has over ten years’ experience writing for print publications covering Youth & Children, TV & Entertainment and Lifestyle. Sian graduated with a degree in journalism, and whilst studying was nominated for the Guardian Digital Journalist of the Year award in 2011.

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