Carly Cartwright, from Market Drayton, set up her own business as a wedding hair stylist ten years ago after being made redundant from her role at Santander Bank.
She also won bronze in the national section, receiving her awards from singer and reality tv star Jake Quickenden at the event, held at the Eastside rooms, in Birmingham."I had done a few weddings while I was working at the bank so it was something I'd always loved. "It was a massive change of career. My mum, Jayne, was a hairdresser so it was always kind of there in the background but I didn't fancy it as a career because I was good at maths at school and I went to university and down the banking route.