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A report commissioned by the British Beauty Council and supported by L’Oreal reveals that beauty salons and shops now account for nearly one-third of all leisure sites in UK retail centers, with a higher concentration in smaller high streets where they occupy over 35% of local leisure spaces. The study identifies more than 190,000 beauty and personal care businesses across the UK, with 39% located outside major cities, highlighting their importance to regional economies and community well-being.
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The beauty sector is booming across UK retail centers, with salons and shops accounting for nearly one-third of all leisure sites in smaller local areas. According to a new report by Oxford Economics commissioned by the British Beauty Council and supported by L’Oreal, there are more than 190,000 beauty and personal care sites across the UK, with 39% located outside large cities. On a per capita basis, regions like Lancashire, Devon, Torbay, and York have over three beauty amenities for every 1,000 residents, compared to just two-and-a-half in Greater London. This growth highlights the sector's importance in addressing community issues such as well-being and economic participation, according to Millie Kendall, chief executive of the British Beauty Council.
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Beauty salons and shops now make up almost a third of all leisure sites across UK retail centres and take an even greater share in smaller high streets as spend on personal care shows no sign of slowing, new figures have shown.
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figures → make → slowing
New analysis indicates the sector makes up more than 35% of local leisure and recreation sites in smaller local centres.
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sector → indicate → centres
The Impact Of Beauty report by Oxford Economics – which was commissioned by the British Beauty Council and backed by L’Oreal – indicates there are more than 190,000 beauty and personal care sites across the UK, of which 39% are outside large cities.
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% → commission → cities
But the report showed that on a per-head basis, the regions have a greater concentration, showing the growing importance of the sector in local towns and villages across the UK.
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regions → show → UK
When taking population into account, Greater London has around two-and-a-half beauty and personal-care amenities for every 1,000 residents, compared with more than three in areas such as Lancashire, Devon and Torbay, and York and North Yorkshire.
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London → take → Lancashire
Millie Kendall, chief executive of the British Beauty Council, said: “At a time when we are thinking seriously about well-being, loneliness, high-street regeneration and economic participation, we need to recognise the role that beauty businesses and professionals already play in communities across Britain.
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businesses → say → Britain
“The report determines that beauty and personal care should be understood not simply as a consumer sector, but as part of the social and local infrastructure of everyday life in Britain, and as such must be safeguarded now and in the future.”
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beauty → determine → future
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The report also highlights the rise in spend on beauty, with a survey of consumers revealing £27 is spent on average a month on products and services and 13 minutes on average a day is dedicated to beauty and personal care.
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27 → read → beauty
Thierry Cheval, managing director and chairman of L’Oreal Groupe UK & Ireland, said the findings confirm beauty “has an impact in every postcode across the UK, from our homes to our high streets”.
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beauty → manage → streets
He said it was “a sector with a presence in every corner of the country, a role in people’s confidence and well-being, and a place in the daily rhythm of national life”.
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it → say → life
It follows the Value Of Beauty report earlier this year, which found the sector employs around 422,000 people in a growing sign of its economic importance.
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sector → follow → importance
Beauty and personal care sites per region, adjusted for population, are as follows, according to the Impact Of Beauty report:
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