Dundee’s McIntyres Salons has been named a finalist in five categories at HJ’s British Hairdressing Business Awards 2027. It’s an unbelievable set of nominations, and it sends the team to London in March in the hope of bringing home one of the industry’s most coveted accolades.
The awards are run by Hairdressers Journal and are the benchmark for business excellence in UK hairdressing. They recognise the leadership, commercial skill and client care behind the country’s best salons. Reaching the final in one category is an achievement. Reaching it in five makes McIntyres one of the two most-shortlisted salon businesses in the 2027 awards, level with Melissa Timperley Salons in Manchester, according to the finalist list published by Hairdressers Journal.
The five categories
- Salon Business Director of the Year (sponsored by L’Oréal Professionnel): Kay McIntyre and John O’Rourke
- Salon Manager of the Year: Cara Webster
- Customer Service Award (sponsored by Schwarzkopf Professional): McIntyres Salons
- Salon of the Year 1: McIntyres Salons
- Salon Team of the Year (sponsored by Alan Howard): McIntyres Salons
The five official #BHBA27 finalist cards for McIntyres Salons.
Three years in a row
Directors Kay McIntyre and John O’Rourke are finalists for Salon Business Director of the Year for the third year in a row. That run reflects a business built on consistently high standards, investment in people and a long-term view of what a great salon should be.
Being shortlisted once is special. Three years in a row tells you the business is doing the right things, consistently. But this year is really about the team. Five categories is an incredible result, and the people on our salon floor earn every one of them every day.
Kay McIntyre, Director, McIntyres Salons
A first nomination for Cara Webster
Salon manager Cara Webster is a first-time finalist for Salon Manager of the Year. The nomination recognises the leadership she brings to the salon and the team around her. She is the only manager from Scotland on the shortlist.
I’m completely overwhelmed. To be named alongside some of the best managers in the country is something I never expected, and I’m so proud to be representing McIntyres.
Cara Webster, Salon Manager, McIntyres Salons
The salon is also shortlisted for the Customer Service Award, Salon of the Year and Salon Team of the Year, which completes the set. Between them, these three categories cover the heart of the business: the experience clients receive, the quality of the salon as a whole, and the strength of the people delivering it.
McIntyres has made its mark at these awards before. It won the Marketing Award at the British Hairdressing Business Awards in 2001, and five finalist places in 2027 show a business that has kept raising its standards since.
The nominations cap a strong autumn for the Dundee salon group. McIntyres’ Radek Lewandowski has just won the Editorial Visionary Award UK at Wella Professionals’ TrendVision Award 2026, after three years as runner-up, with a Dundee client as his model. Read more: Radek Lewandowski crowned UK TrendVision winner.
Where the British Hairdressing Awards celebrate creative work, the British Hairdressing Business Awards focus on how salons are run, from marketing and customer service to training and management. That makes five nominations a real vote of confidence in the whole McIntyres team, not just its stylists.
To see McIntyres recognised in this many categories is a testament to everyone who works here. We’ll be travelling to London as a team, and whatever happens on the night, we’re already incredibly proud of what this says about our salon.
John O’Rourke, Director, McIntyres Salons
The winners will be revealed on Monday 1 March 2027 at the London Hilton on Park Lane.
