Great news indeed since the last issue of IST Magazine; tanning salons in both the Republic of Ireland and also in Northern Ireland have now re-opened their doors for business! For many oper... Read more

These continue to be strange and challenging times for us all, but there is UV light at the end of the tunnel as we move toward the end of the third month of lockdown here in the UK. Around... Read more

Where to start … there’s just so much to say. Of course, I very much hope that you, your families and friends all remain well and safe during these extraordinary times. On many occasio... Read more

Over the last decade or so, the world has become a much smaller place. A number of exceptionally amazing advances with technology, the internet, cell phones and other forms of communication... Read more

Anyone over the age of 30 will surely remember the “Y2K” or “Millennium Bug” scare, a global anxiety as midnight approached on 31st December 1999. If we were to believe all of the media hype... Read more

WOW! Have we started off the New Year and new decade with gusto? Usually, at this time of year in Europe, we find ourselves in a rather enviable position of being able to ease ourselves back... Read more

I would like to think that our industry has made so many improvements, we are now probably in one of the strongest positions we have ever been in. A very warm and happy welcome not only to a... Read more

It’s been a very interesting, yet frustrating, time over the last few months, if not three-and-a-half years, to witness the ambivalence that has been shown by our elected Members of Parliame... Read more

At this time of year, I used to be one of the many thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, well let’s go for it – millions – of people who struggled with effects of the lack of daylight hou... Read more

So that’s it. Unbelievably, summer is over for another year. Whilst it was hardly a sizzler – to which I can only say “thank goodness” after the scorcher that was the summer of 2018 – it got... Read more