A YOUNG hairdresser has achieved a prestigious qualification – and in double-quick time.

Holly Jones, 21, who works for Terry & Co in Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, finished the 18-month course with the Andrew Collinge Academy in just six months.

A training co-ordinator and senior stylist, she is just one of four people in the area to recently qualify as a hairdressing assessor, and is the only such person in the Port.

Proud mum Janice, whose husband Terry runs the salon and whose other daughter Abby also works there, said: “Holly’s a really hard worker and did a lot of practical work in the salon for the course.

“She assessed hairdressers there and people from Andrew Collinge’s HQ in Liverpool came in and assessed her at work. She also had to go to Liverpool for it, and there was a lot of theory work too.

“It’s a prestigious thing. Holly can now assess any hairdressing staff in the UK, as long as they have City & Guilds registration. We are really proud of her.”