A POPULAR Peebles Hair Salon has been picked up the Best Customer Service accolade at the Scottish Business Awards.

Scissor Happy has been a feature of Northgate for many years.

And their wonderful customer care resulted in a nomination from an unknown, but obviously satisfied, client.

Then, after being visited by ‘secret shoppers’ sent by the SBA, the salon won the Borders regional award which took them through to this year’s grand final.

Last month, the hard-working team, which consists Lisa Newcombe, Gabriela Pretswell, Gemma Turnbull, Lynne Sterricks and Louise Kane, attended the plush Scottish Business Awards ceremony at the Double Tree Hilton in Glasgow.

And it came as a pleasant surprise to the team when it was announced that they had won Best Customer Service award for the whole of Scotland.

Gabriela said: “Myself and the girls, Lisa, Lynne, Louise and Gemma were overwhelmed with their win and would like thank all their clients for voting for them and for their continued support especially the last two years, which have been difficult for all businesses, we wouldn’t be where we are without them.

“We had to close during the lockdowns and things were restricted when we reopened but hopefully it’s getting back to normal now.

“We still don’t know who nominated us but presumably it was one of our customers, so I’d like to thank whoever it was.

“We are all delighted to have won the award although just being nominated was an honour.”

The shop is situated at 60 Northgate in Peebles.