The British Beauty Council is dedicated to ensuring clear and diverse beauty career pathways are promoted to young people. Through this work it aims to maintain a continuous flow of new talent into the sector which will maintain the UK beauty industry’s global reputation at the cutting edge of innovation.
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Future Talent Films
The British Beauty Council, STEM Learning and Careers and Enterprise have collaborated to develop the first dedicated beauty-related resource for secondary schools, showcasing and demonstrating the enriching careers across the beauty and STEM sector. The films below highlight opportunities in cosmetic science, fragrance, sustainability and technology and are a key touchpoint for young people interested in a career in beauty and STEM.
Featuring influential voices within beauty including Jamie Genevieve, Plastic Boy and The Welsh Twins, the short films explore enriching careers while also engaging young people.
Virtual Work Experience Programmes
The British Beauty Council works with leading social mobility charity Speakers for Schools to offer young people the opportunity to learn more about beauty careers via virtual work experience placements. Working with brands and retailers, students gain an insight into the broad range of careers in the beauty industry including product formulation, marketing, sustainability, packaging design and more.
Get in touch about involvement in our virtual work experience placements here.
Value of Beauty Report
In 2024, the British Beauty Council commissioned Oxford Economics to refresh its analysis of the economic contribution of the beauty industry and how it has evolved. The report covers 2023 performance and a forecast for 2024.
The report found that the personal care industry supported employment of 603,000 across all channels of economic impact in 2023, a 9% increase from 2022. Of this total, 418,000 were supported directly by the industry itself, with the hair and beauty services sector supporting direct employment of 224,000 alone. Based on available data and our economic projections, we forecast that this employment contribution will remain stable in 2024 with the personal care industry expected to support a total of 604,000 jobs.
You can read the full Value Of Beauty Report here
A Beauty Industry That Looks Like You
The British Beauty Council’s report, ‘A Beauty Industry That Looks Like You’, uncovers the true makeup of the beauty industry. The initial findings are the analysis of results from the Beauty Census which was completed by 4000 people in 2024.
To hear more from respondents to the survey and learn more about the key findings read the full survey here.
British Beauty Week
As part of British Beauty Week 2023 (26th-30th October) the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) highlighted the diverse range of careers within the beauty industry following the British Beauty Council's work in promoting careers via it's Future Talent Programme, which particularly highlights STEM Beauty Careers.
The latest government release shows the Government's interest in supporting the beauty industry and highlights the importance of the sector for the economy. It also spotlights the unique opportunities available, and encourages people to look for jobs in this exciting and lucrative sector via a 'Find a Job' page which pinpoints over 4,000 vacancies.
The content emphasised the range of careers available, from beauty therapists and merchandisers to cosmetic scientists, capturing the variety of pathways that are championed by the British Beauty Council.
The British Beauty Council has continuously strived to showcase the industry's diverse and valuable career opportunities to the government via continued conversations with various policy stakeholders.
The government’s support of these initiatives and their confidence in our dynamic industry is clear not only from this release but also our event in 2023 at No10 Downing Street, which highlighted possible jobs throughout the beauty supply chain.
Find out more about the event here.
Read the full Government Release here.