A BEAUTY clinic has reached the finals of a major industry awards ceremony for the second time this year.

VL Aesthetics, in Carlisle, is in the running to be Clinic of the Year - North of England and Midlands at the Aesthetics Medicine Awards in London next month.

It’s a measure of the success and growing reputation of the Kingmoor-based clinic which was nominated in the same category at the Aesthetics Awards in March.

It will be up against competition from Greater Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds.

Managing director Vanessa Brown said: “To be in the finals of a second award in a year is very, very good.

“It emphasises the fact that we are at the forefront of our game because we are always up against the best in the industry.

“It really highlights the fact that VL are up there with some of the best in the industry.”

She added: “We will be judged on everything: customer service and satisfaction, staff management, the range of different treatments we offer, the results we achieve, the aesthetic look of the clinic, the whole experience that you get with coming to the clinic.

“You have to use the best that's already in the industry and you have to have the best selection of treatments. You have to have staff that are performing very well.”

The winners of the Aesthetics Medicine Awards will be revealed at a ceremony at The Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London, on May 20.