The Courier & Advertiser (Fife Edition)
Fife make-up college is Scotland’s biggest
Dunfermline: GlamCandy invests more than £250,000 in the High Street, creating 12 jobs
Scotland’s biggest make-up college is to open its doors in Dunfermline.
GlamCandy has invested more than £250,000 in the High Street premises making it the largest make-up college in the country.
The investment has secured 12 jobs for the town and offers space for dozens of students aiming to kick-start their career in the beauty industry.
GlamCandy have operated in Dunfermline for several years – with their most recent class of 10 students all securing new employment in the make-up industry after completing their courses this month.
The Edinburgh firm now expects to recruit further staff at the college in coming months and say the new 1,600 sq ft Dunfermline premises can accommodate up to 72 aspiring make-up artists at a time at their SQA-approved courses.
GlamCandy will be offering HNCs in fashion make-up and HND in make-up artistry at the Dunfermline establishment.
The move comes as they embark on an ambitious UK-wide investment programme after partnering with Julian Kyn aston–them an behind cult make-up brand Illamasqua.
The firm hopes to recruit up to 50 new staff across the country as it opens new colleges up and down the UK – with a new location in Glasgow to be confirmed this summer.
GlamCandy director Hayley HarveySmith said her team were excited to expand their presence in Dunfermline.
She said: “We have been running courses in Fife for some time now, as well as having a presence within schools in the area taking our SQA-approved courses directly to young people looking to break into the industry.
“Our new college will allow us to offer our courses to far more students as well as offering state-of-the-art facilities.
“It is a really exciting time for GlamCandy and we’re proud to be expanding our presence in Dunfermline and look forward to training the next generation of make-up artists in the area.
“Our latest graduating class in Dunfermline came from backgrounds such as retail, catering and call centre jobs – and all 10 have secured new jobs as make-up artists off the back of their training with us.
“Our courses are providing really useful, sought-after skills that are transforming the lives of our students as they move on into their new careers.”
Julian Kynaston, the serial entrepreneur who sold his Illamasqua beauty brand for £23 million last year, has been the driving force behind a major investment in GlamCandy.
He said the Dunfermline opening was the next step in “making GlamCandy the ‘go-to’ make-up college brand in the UK”.
Our courses are providing really useful, sought-after skills that are transforming the lives of our students as they move on into their new careers. HAYLEY HARVEYSMITH