KH Hair – the largest hairdressing group in the east Midlands – has won a national award in recognition of the design and capability of its website, beating off tough competition from over 100 entries.

The group won Most Effective Website in The Sapphires awards, presented by the hairdressing industry’s leading magazine Salon Business. Now in their second year The Sapphires is an industry awards event, created to recognise the exceptional professional skills which create franchise success.

Judges drawn from a range of business backgrounds rated the KH website [khhair.co.uk] highly for its outstanding design, user friendly navigation, great value features for visitors and the innovative way in which the site had been marketed.

KH Hair group board directors Darren Messias and Tim Fee received a trophy from GQ magazine’s Dylan Jones and Salon Business editor Charisse Kenion at an awards ceremony attended by over 400 people, staged at the Dorchester Hotel, London.

Speaking about the award, Darren Messias said: “We were incredibly proud to win this national award against such tough competition.”

The website was designed by [ClientWave] based in Bath, Wiltshire.

KH Hair group, which has 20 salons throughout the east Midlands, are British Hairdressing Business Awards nominees and holders of the Gold Star Salon award presented by the Fellowship for British Hairdressing.