ACPBNov 4, 20192 minIS THE ACPB THE ANSWER?Pete Richardson looks at a thorny problem for medics – and suggests there may be a simple answer. Social media lit up over the weekend wi...
ACPBNov 4, 20191 minRECORD NUMBERS OF NURSES ARE LEAVING THE NHS – AND TURNING TO AESTHETICSThe NHS is a political football as we approach a general election, but one thing is clear, many nurses are leaving and going to work in a...
ACPBOct 24, 20193 minHORROR, NIGHTMARE, SHOCK “BOTCHED FILLERS” ARE IN THE NATIONAL NEWS AGAINBUT IS THERE MORE TO THIS THAN MEETS THE EYE? Former national newspaper journalist Pete Richardson takes a look at the latest story about...
ACPBOct 17, 20193 minFAKE FILLERS – WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND AVOIDAs with any best-selling expensive product there are people looking to cash in on the market and sell rip-off versions. But one cheap dea...
ACPBOct 14, 20191 minAND ANOTHER NEW BOTOX HEADING OUR WAYHot on the heels of yesterday’s news that Revance Therapeutics is moving forward with trials of a product currently called DAXI, medical ...
ACPBOct 8, 20193 minAESTHETIC AWARDS – BUT NOT FOR NON-MEDICSAs we approach the end of the year its time to start thinking about how great the year has been. Pete Richardson looks at the how the maj...
ACPBOct 7, 20192 minBASIC BACK SEATThe formation of the Beauty Aesthetic Special Interest Committee (BASIC), founded in the wake of the Joint Council For Cosmetic Practitio...
ACPBOct 2, 20192 minGUIDANCE ON KEEPING YOUR ADVERTS LEGALThe Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has recently come down hard on beauty companies for their misleading adverts. Approved by the A...
ACPBSep 27, 20192 minNON-MEDIC AESTHETIC EXHIBITION CANCELLEDAn exhibition focusing on non-medics in aesthetics in Manchester has been cancelled. Refunds are said to being organised for those who ha...
ACPBSep 26, 20191 minANOTHER GREAT USE FOR BOTOXReproduced based on an article in CBSNewYork. Most people when they hear the word “Botox,” probably think of a cosmetic procedure to redu...
ACPBSep 25, 20192 minCELEBRITY ADS BANNEDOnce again, the aesthetics industry is under the microscope for some of the advertising using celebrities. Advertising watchdog The Adver...
ACPBSep 25, 20191 minNEW HYAPEN INSURANCE DETAILSThe ACPB has been informed by one insurance company of new requirements for practitioners who use the HYAPEN treatment. Previously Hypen ...
ACPBSep 24, 20193 minINVESTIGATION BY VICE INTO LIP FILLERS AND UNDER AGE CLIENTSA new investigation has found 90% of practitioners in London and Essex aren’t asking children their age before booking them in for lip fi...
ACPBSep 23, 20192 minLEADING SPECIALIST AESTHETIC DOCTOR SUPPORTS TRAINING NON-MEDICSOne of London’s leading aesthetic practitioners, Dr Michael Aicken, has very publicly supported training beauty therapists and other non-...
ACPBSep 19, 20191 minNEWS ALERT: CHARGEBACKS AND PAYMENT TERMINALSOver the past couple of weeks ACPB has received information that there seem to be an increasing number of chargebacks on payment terminal...
ACPBSep 3, 20191 minInsurance Claim TipsInsurance is there to protect our businesses. We all hope we never have to claim but what if we do? One of the most important requirement...
ACPBSep 3, 20193 minCPD – Some questions answeredThere has been a little confusion about why there are different CPD organisations each charging different amounts for training centres to...
ACPBSep 2, 20191 minACPB Looking for New PrescribersThe Association of Cosmetic Practitioners Britain (ACPB) is on the look out for some more prescribers. Recently granted charity status, t...
ACPBSep 2, 20192 minBOTOX – A VERY TAXING SITUATIONA new special tax tribunal ruling could have major implications for the aesthetics industry. Pete Richardson takes a look at what’s happe...
ACPBAug 28, 20191 minWARNING OVER MICRONEEDLING PENSThe Government’s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) had issued a warning about the use of a Microneedling pen – w...