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  • The owner of a tanning salon in Flint, Wales, has become the first person to be prosecuted under sunbed regulations. Sunbed use – the rules in Wales The Sunbeds (Regulation) Act 2010 came into force in April 2011. Under the regulations, a sunbed business must do the following: Prevent under-18 from using a sunbed on…

  • Wedding season is on the horizon and Essie is just in time with a collection of sweet, soft pastels to decorate clients’ digits for their special day. In their usual fun spirit, Essie have opted for apt wedding-themed polish names, and the colours are inspired by beautiful spring bouquets. The collection includes: using my maiden name –…

  • Citizens Advice, Trading Standards and Action Fraud are leading Scams Awareness Month in May, with advice and support to spot and stop scams. The Office of Fair Trading reports that 48% of us are targeted by scams, costing £3.5 billion a year. The FHT launched Member Alerts to report known scams to our members, with…

  • 176 hospices across England have been awarded a share of £60 million of government funding, to improve end of life care. Click here for more » Image: 123RF

  • The College of Medicine’s third Annual Conference includes a poster session open to students, clinicians, health practitioners and researchers. The College of Medicine’s 3rd Annual conference will be on the theme of self-care, entitled ‘Who Cares?’ during National Self-care week. Self-care aims to help people take care of themselves in a healthy way and let…

  • Breast cancer research

    A new study, published by the British Medical Journal, reports on new findings in breast cancer survival: A study published in the British Medical Journal shows that breast implants seem to affect the survival of women who are subsequently diagnosed with breast cancer. The authors of the study stress that these findings are to be…

  • A new initiative, ‘Start’, launches a month of sustainable living: We are Start, an initiative inspired by HRH The Prince of Wales. Our aim is to make sustainable living second nature, so that everyone (and we mean everyone) can enjoy a better quality of life. Throughout May, we’re bringing together over 40 brilliant brands and…

  • rebelsound:  FINGERNAILS DIORAMA BY ALICE BARTLETT We love this unique nail idea!  It’s great for spring/summer editorials or just for fun. Replicate this effect with Ciaté’s Velvet Manicure kit and try different colours to create different scenes. If your budget doesn’t quite stretch to the £14.00, or they don’t have the colour you want, you can…

  • Bridging the gap between medical professionals and complementary therapists

    This is an interesting article from American therapy organisation, Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies on how to bridge the gap between medical professionals and complementary therapists. Article

  • We Own the Night. Nike and ELLE Magazine (UK) have teamed up to host the ultimate women-only 10km night fun run on Saturday, 18th May in Victoria Park, London. The route will be a party in its own right, complete with DJs, strobe lighting, photo booths and the ‘unexpected’. The great thing about this particular run is…

  • The way we shop for beauty is changing; one in five of us in the UK now shops for new products online, and sales reached a staggering £606 million last year. We’re expected to spend even more this year too, with market reseach company Mintel estimating a total sum of £715 million by the end…

  • What does a small business really look like in 2013?

    Enterprise Nation editor Simon Wicks kicks off a series of posts looking at the results of our inaugural Quarterly Small Business Survey by asking whether we really understand what a small business is in the first decades of the 21st century. Full article