Taking time out to write this article has given me the opportunity to reflect on the enormity of the past six months and wonder what indeed the next six will bring. Of course, I think about... Read more

It is with great pleasure and indeed, relief, that I can report the fantastic news that since the last issue of IST, tanning salons are now re-opened throughout the UK and Ireland! Having sa... Read more

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