Interesting Facts

According to a report on CBC news, about research carried out by IBISWorld market research, the tattoo industry in the US it's worth a staggering $75.5 million up 500 per cent from ten years ago, but the industry in the UK is said to be worth £80m a year! (As anyone who came to our sessions last year, getting inked is no longer the taboo it once was, and it's also big money.)

In the UK, in order to be legally permitted to sell certain age restricted products, you need a licence or registration.  (Licenses and/or registrations apply to the following products:- Alcohol Fireworks and explosives Firearms  Gambling Knives (non domestic) Pet animals Petroleum Tattooing and skin piercing Tobacco There is an age limit of 18 for using a sunbed, but no legal requirement to be licensed to operate one. There is no age limit for using or purchasing hair dye.)

According to Mobil Deutschland 6,970,000 Germans have a tattoo somewhere on their body. (This is in spite of the fact that only one in twelve German women find tattoos on men cool.)