Summer's Groom Room expands to new premises after one year

Summer Mark, from Stowmarket, set up Summer's Groom Room in July last year operating from Woodfarm Business Centre in Crowfield, near Needham Market and Stonham Aspal.

The business has proved to be a big success, with her services being fully booked up weeks in advance.

Summer Mark started her business in July last year (Image: Summer Mark)

Summer, who has always had a "passions for working with animals" trained at the Tendring Dog Grooming Academy in Essex and has a level three animal management diploma.

She said: "It's been going really well.

"I've decided to go full time now, and I moved to another location to allow for more space."

She has started to offer paw prints as part of her services (Image: Summer Mark)

Previously, Summer was sharing her space with another dog grooming business, meaning there would be multiple dogs in the salon at any one time.

This move, however, has allowed her to offer one-to-one services, with full focus on one animal at a time.

She has moved to All Manor of Events in Henley near Ipswich and is offering more services, including teeth cleaning for animals to reduce vet bills for clients in the future, nail clippings and working with other animals including cats, guinea pigs and rabbits.

Summer with her teacher at Tendring Dog Grooming Academy (Image: Summer Mark)

She has also started doing paw prints for people who want to have a print of their animal, with one even getting a print of Summer's tattooed on herself.

She said: "About a year and a half ago, I was a bit at a loss with what I wanted to do.

"I was working my veterinary job but I couldn't see progression for myself, so I set this business up and in such a short space of time, to be able to turn it into this and already be moving into a new place by myself is amazing.

She offers services for cats too (Image: Summer Mark)

"I'm able to work my own hours, make my own money, not work for an employer and it's just far more flexible.

"I'm grateful to everyone at Tendring Dog Grooming Academy for helping me. We have a group chat and we are all really supportive of each other."

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Her business has proved very successful over the last year (Image: Summer Mark)

Her business has proved very successful over the last year (Image: Summer Mark)

Her business has proved very successful over the last year (Image: Summer Mark)