Award-winning hairdressing trainers J&E Training Ltd hosted their annual Achievement Awards with a special 10th anniversary celebration at Towngate Theatre, Basildon on Monday 16th June with style akin to the top competitions and awards in the industry.

The HABB Graduate competition, in conjunction with Schwarzkopf and launched by leading hairdresser and Schwarzkopf Ambassador Rae Palmer, culminated in a grand final on June 16, 2008 at the Botleigh Grange Hotel, Hampshire.

Rainbow Room International's Uddingston salon team presented a spectacular hair and fashion show to rival those of London Fashion Week in aid of HABB in The Tunnel, Glasgow.

A summary of HABB news from May 2008.

HABB Supporters Gear up for HABB Day

On Friday 2nd May it's the second 'Have a HABB Day, Donate a £1 and feel FAB!' fundraising day.

Saks Andrew Barton makes a winning appearance on the BBCs popular programme, Ready, Steady Cook

A summary of HABB news from April 2008.

HABB’s hugely successful Seminar Evenings have already raised thousands of pounds since their creation two years ago, and the planned 2008 seminars are set to raise even more!

A summary of HABB news from March 2008.

Rainbow Room International have proudly chosen HABB as their Charity of the Year and are dedicating a whole year of charity fundraising to this worthy cause.

Leading hairdresser and Schwarzkopf Ambassador Rae Palmer is launching The HABB Graduate competition in aid of HABB.

The annual HABB Ball - always a great night to launch the new year and set the focus on the fundraising activities of the Hair & Beauty Benevolent (HABB!

Each year the HABB charity ball gets better and better with more guests, celebrities and auction prizes!

The HABB annual fundraising ball is the glittering must-attend event that kick-starts the hair and beauty calendar.

A summary of HABB news from January 2008.

Essex based training company, J&E Training organised a charity party for all their salons and learners. A raffle was then held and raised over £300 for HABB!

A selection of recipes from the UK’s leading hairdressers. Following on from the success of the Naked Hairdressers Calendars, comes the new Cutting Edge Cook Book in aid of the Hair & Beauty Benevolent (HABB).

Our first ever kids HABB Christmas Card competition. We had some really great entries and it was just too hard to select just the one, so we decided with the spirit of Christmas to show them to you all! Enjoy!

The first ever 'Dryer Cup' organised by Chambers Hair Design and Image International in Spalding, Lincolnshire, raised a staggering £2,758 from their event which was split equally between industry charity Hair and Beauty Benevolent (HABB) and the local Sue Ryder Care charity.

Reflections Training Academy celebrates their Grand Opening of new Academy and raise £163 for the HABB/Children's Hospital

Salon International Visitors Help to Raise over £1,600 for HABB

Sean Hanna’s Art Director, Yesmin O’Brien, is running the New York Marathon to raise money for HABB

Top Essex hairdressing salon Hair Oasis presented the Hair & Beauty Benevolent with a cheque for £1,400

A summary of HABB news from November.

The 11th annual British Beauty & Spa Awards rewards the individuals, salons and spa's that have achieved excellence in 17 categories at the most prestigious event in the beauty industry's calendar.

A summary of HABB news from September.

More about the prestigious Elite Account Awards to recognise and reward loyal accounts.

A summary of HABB news from August.

A unique opportunity to listen to a quartet of hairdressing heroes

Following from their huge success in 2005, Salon Services once again presents the Scottish Hair Show 'My Signature Style' in aid of HABB at the SECC Arena.

This year HABB is launching an exciting new competition which will see children exclusively designing the HABB Christmas E-Cards for 2007.

As part of the 5-Live HABB Seminars, members of Sassoon's Artistic Team, Salon Managers and Sassoon Educators helped to raise a staggering £4,000 when they presented their sell out seminar at the Wella Professional World Studio in London.

As part of the 5-Live HABB season, the hob salon group helped to raise a much needed £2,135 when they presented a seminar at the Wella Professionals World Studio in London, recently.

All of the latest from HABB, for the month of July 07

Saks Art Team, including British Hairdresser of the Year Andrew Barton raises £1,567 For HABB!

The annual Freelance Fundraising Fortnight organized by the Freelance Hair & Beauty Federation in aid of HABB was awarded to Luton member, Elizabeth Clark.

Just Giving is the leading charity fundraising website and provides an easy way for people to donate money to the causes they care about. HABB has now been added to justgiving.com, making it even easier for you to donate or raise money for our industry charity.

One of the simple things that we can do to look at keeping our staff is to look at the benefits that we can offer them.

All of the latest from HABB, for the month of May 07.

The industry is really getting behind HABB this month. Take a look at a few of the fundraising activities planned.

A big thank you to Sally Hair & Beauty Supplies for donating £10,000 at the HABB Ball. Another £2,000 was donated by Willy McIlroy and John Forrester from Forresters hair salon - much appreciated. Read on for this and other stories.

Read up on February's events.