Please find our 2023 Annual Report here.
As we celebrate 31 years since launching, CEW remains the UK’s largest professional, business-to-business beauty organisation, spanning all industry categories. Our role is to connect, support, and empower members of the CEW community to drive their careers and businesses forward and, in turn, benefit the industry as a whole. I am delighted to share that the CEW network has grown by over 35% in the past year, showing that a sense of community and collaboration in business is more important than ever.
Throughout the year, our varied calendar of programmes, initiatives, and events gives our members exclusive access to the beauty industry’s most influential decision-makers and thought leaders, highlighting emerging talent, outstanding careers, and hundreds of brands and businesses. I continue to be inspired by the variety of businesses and individuals that CEW connects with – established brands, start-ups and founders, retailers and retail specialists, investors, formulators, PRs, packaging experts, brand consultancies, recruitment and training specialists, legal experts, and so on. The CEW community represents every facet of the industry, and in 2024, you will see much more from us on the many businesses we depend on to get our products and services to the end consumer.
CEW is committed to developing a diverse, vibrant community and event programme to meet the evolving needs of the membership. In what has been a dynamic but challenging year, I am tremendously proud of the support CEW continues to provide for our members and of initiatives, such as our cross-industry DE&I research project, our industry-first two-way mentoring scheme supported by Puig, which has so far benefitted over 80 individuals, and of course numerous events across a variety of topics, which many of you have participated in. We will soon launch our enhanced mentoring scheme for businesses – CEW Accelerate, supported by Mintel and a host of industry experts.
The Beauty Tech Summit will be back for Spring ’24, and our fully funded scholarship for a diploma in Cosmetic Science, recently awarded to our second recipient, Eliana Massad, will return for a third year as we continue to support career development in the sector. I am grateful to all of our partners, board members, and contributors who have helped us in our mission to offer hands-on support for individuals and businesses this year. CEW provides a platform where beauty comes to do business, and whilst we have achieved a great deal, there is always an opportunity to do so much more. With this in mind, we look forward to presenting our 2024 plans over the coming weeks and working with you in 2024 and beyond.
Sallie Berkerey MD
