Retailer Pets & Friends is organising an open day for budding groomers at its store in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
The Grooming Academy training facility inside the store is opening its doors on November 30, inviting anyone interested in dog grooming for a chat and look around the salon, which has trained hundreds of professional groomers. Many academy graduates have set up their own salons, continued careers with Pets & Friends or become trainers themselves.
The open day will take place from 10am to 4pm, with live grooming demonstrations taking place at 10:30am.
Lead trainer Kerry Chapman said: “There’s a shortage of groomers out there and we’re delighted to be working with the IPET network to help train and develop future groomers which play a key part in pet health and wellbeing.
“A career in grooming can be so rewarding from offering flexible hours to allowing people to work from a home salon environment and of course the chance to work with animals on a daily basis, but we hope the open day will inspire more people to take up grooming.”
