Crimper Nat scoops Sun prize

By IAN KING
Business Editor
September 29, 2006

Natalie Hutchison, 39, overcame an abusive childhood, two violent marriages and bankruptcy to run a hairdressing firm.

The mother of three collected her prize at the Barclays Trading Places awards — backed by The Sun — at the Cafe Royal, London.

The awards honour those who beat adversity by starting up in business.

Natalie launched Simply Hair less than three years ago. It now makes £100,000 a year and is about to take on a third full-time stylist. Natalie, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, said: “My life hit rock bottom but starting my business was a life-changing experience.”

Television:

·  Anglia News—2006

·  Look East—Sept 2006

·  BBC News—2006

Events and Readings:

· The ACHIEVERS Reception,

           Buckingham Palace—2006

· TRADING PLACES AWARD 2006—WINNER

· WOMAN OF THE YEAR—2007 (finalist)

Radio Interviews:

·  BBC Radio Suffolk—2006

·  SGR FM

Interviews also in:

· Sun Newspaper—2006

· Bury Free Press—2006

· News of the World—2007

· Chat Magazine—Feb 2008

· BEST Magazine—2008

· NEW—2008

· Bury Free Press—2007

· East Anglian Daily Times—2007