Dog grooming entrepreneur

The young entrepeneur has recently taken over Leicestershire-based company ‘Posh Pets’ from her former manager and is thriving at the helm.

Originally a work experience student at ‘Tina’s Posh Pets’ in Hinckley, Rebecca heard that her boss was retiring from the business and seized the opportunity with both hands. She is now re-branding and re-opening the dog grooming business as ‘Posh Pets’.

Posh Pets is the one of the few dog groomers in the Leicestershire area and the only one to offer ‘scissoring.’ This advanced technique is cutting the dog’s fur by hand, using a traditional pair of scissors, instead of the electrical clippers which are used by many grooming parlours.

At only seventeen years old, Rebecca has the full support of her family with her grandfather helping her with the business aspects and her grandmother working hands-on in the parlour. Rebecca approached Warwickshire College to explore the opportunity of taking on her own work experience students, as well as future apprenticeships and bespoke training packages.

Work-based Learning Co-ordinator Jessica Rendle, who has been working with and supporting Rebecca said: “It’s great to see that as a previous work-experience student herself, Rebecca is embracing the Warwickshire College philosophy to work with students enabling them to gain valuable experience.”

Warwickshire College work with a number of businesses throughout the UK. The college is constantly looking to work in partnership, including those requiring work experience students, apprenticeships or bespoke training packages.

Any businesses interested in these training opportunities should contact Laura Savage on 01926 318261 or by emailing lsavage@warkscol.ac.uk