Skin, one of the UK’s largest plastic surgery providers with over 70 branches, has collapsed, jeopardising hundreds of jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of 5pm on Tuesday, July 17, Skin\u2019s website displayed a message saying it had “undertaken an extensive process to secure investment to enable it to continue trading but sadly we\u2019ve been unsuccessful.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It added: \u201cWe recognise this outcome will have a significant impact on our team members and our customers and we are deeply sorry for the stress and inconvenience this has caused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are doing all we can to address the concerns of those affected and will be contacting all clients still awaiting test results as soon as possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll further updates will be provided on this website and when available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before its closure, Skin was known as the largest network of specialist skincare clinics in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Founded in 1990, the company expanded to Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, and operated 17 clinics across London. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It also owned brands like cosmetic surgery firm<\/a><\/strong> Harley Medical Group and the skin technology company ABC Medical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Both have automated messages on their phone lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skin employed over 450 consultants, doctors<\/strong><\/a>, nurses, and medical practitioners across England and Scotland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It offered services ranging from tattoo and wart removal to lip fillers and thread lifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Customers have been informed that their appointments are cancelled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One customer said their appointment was abruptly cancelled on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This was after they had pre-paid around \u00a3700 for a series of treatments.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The customer said: “They\u2019ve done this with no prior warning to customers, with no communications about how to get a refund on the treatments customers are owed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Need Career Advice? <\/strong>Get employment skills advice at all levels of your career<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Customers calling Skin\u2019s main office number were told: \u201cUnfortunately as of July 17, the Skin Group, including Skin Clinics, the Harley Medical Group, Skin Brands, the Skin Experts and ABC Medical, has ceased trading.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Skin\u2019s social media accounts on X and Instagram have been deactivated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kendrick, Skin\u2019s PR agency<\/a><\/strong>, posted on Instagram that they had been “blindsided” by the news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The firm said it had no further information regarding the situation or how patient appointments and payments would be managed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Follow us on <\/strong>YouTube<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>X<\/strong><\/a>, <\/strong>LinkedIn<\/strong><\/a>, and <\/strong>Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Skin, one of the UK’s largest plastic surgery providers with over 70 branches, has collapsed, jeopardising hundreds of jobs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":62762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[415,3,414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-employment-news","category-business-news","category-uk-business-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whatjobs.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}“They\u2019ve done this with no prior warning to customers, with no communications about how to get a refund on the treatments customers are owed\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n