Is Wales underestimated? The Nail Industry in Wales has grown in recent years. Most villages even in rural Wales have a Beauty Salon or Nail Bar within easy reach. Why is it then that people disregard Wales as a business opportunity?

Those type of people tend to be small minded. Inland spains the same. People cant believe i can make a good living just with nails! But ive proved them wrong... so can you!

I do wonder why the "bigger" companies aren't offering training here in Wales - They would be very happily shocked to see what numbers they would get coming through their doors!
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Great trainers don't grow on trees!! Sometimes it is hard to locate a great trainer in a certain area .... maybe some wonderful Welsh nail technician who wants to go for it should offer their services to become a trainer to one of the 'bigger' companies you talk about?

I would love to be considerd good enough to be in this position one day, but in order for that to happen I need the training to be closer to home so that I don't have to pay overnight accomadation or big travelling costs
(sometimes both) on top of the training costs.

I've travelld a fair distnace for most of my training and it's only through the kindness of a top geek here I've been able to afford the best training to date ( thanks a milion times over Fifitrix ).
Don't misunderstand me, I don't mind travelling to get the best but the bank manager doesn't share my enthiusiasm .
In order to be in the position mentioned I need that training closer to home.

I have plans for a training event in Wales, watch the welsh social group for info, hth

EzFlow have been training in Cardiff for over 12 months.

Totally agree with you. I live in Mid Wales in a place that is miles away from anywhere and even Cardiff is a two and a half hour trip! I want to do a gel course but with travelling, accomadation and course costs it's very expensive.

Hi

Just thought I'd let you know that I work for a very well respected Nail and Beauty Training Academy in South Wales.

We have a purpose built training school and cover all aspects of nail, beauty and holistic training. We are a VCTC accredited training school, so you are also able to work towards an NVQ if you wish.

If you are interested, please don't hesitate to PM me and i'll be happy to help

Its my dream and plan to be a trainer in the north wales area one day . i am not ready yet, but one day I hope to be, I am working hard to improve my skills .

I have my d32 d33 assesors awards already and a pgce/cert ed in further education. The rest, is in the lap of the gods!.

tigi

Very interesting responses! So it seems that the problem is the training side of things. But not so much in the South Wales (Cardiff) area. What companies would you guys like to train with?
I can see that some of you do train already or have aspirations to do so. How many people do train in Wales to date?

I love some of the responses!

I think it was just a good point that most of the big companies you call for training are based in the North or South of England - of course any therapist worth her salt doesn't mind travelling to training courses

I know of lots of local companies offering training but when you get to BIG BRANDING training (not sure if we can mention names) they are definitely not training in Wales.

But fair point about people training up to do the training. Except I was never interested in teaching hence why I'm not a teacher - just love doing my treatments.

Have to also point out that I am aware of Kim Lawless coming to Cardiff to do her fantabulous training soon - so it's not all bad!

Good thread tho!

CND and Flirties for a start

I believe that CND have training in Bridgend. But again thats in the South! But I have not heard of CND anywhere else in Wales.
What could we as Techs do to encouage these companies to come to Wales??

CND used to be in Bridgend but no longer

Although we lack the training here being a busy mum of three year old twins - I do like the opportunity to go away for training days ;-)

It would just be nice if Wales was recognised as a place companies considered investing in training in

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p.s. I don't mean to say anything to offend anybody already running training courses in Wales. I have attended many places in South Wales and have had the best training from these guys .x.

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