A HEALTH and beauty clinic in Hagley has been awarded a prestigious industry status for the third year running.

Ambience clinic was one of only 100 across the UK to be awarded Crown status by beauty product manufacturer Guinot.

The status is given to businesses showing particularly high standards in terms of the environment they create, customer care, and the expertise with which treatments are carried out.

Karen Parkes, co-owner, said: “Retaining this prestigious award really is the icing on the cake for us and our team, after taking ownership, and in our first full year of trading.

“To be recognised as one of the best in the UK and NI is such a tremendous honour, and a little overwhelming.”

Established in 1990, Karen and Nadia Katic joined the High Street based clinic 10 years ago, before the opportunity to take ownership materialised in 2014.

Nadia added: “What a start to 2016. We are so excited and proud to have received Crown status which not only reflects the hard work and commitment by Karen, me and our therapists Laura Whiteman and Lenya Wilkinson, but also our loyal clients, who are as much a part of our achievement as we are.”