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£80,000 tax debt forces top hairdresser Rita to shut shop

Scotland’s original celebrity hairdresser has lost a large part of her empire after the tax man took legal action against her.

Rita Rusk no longer owns her flagship Hamilton salon and beauty parlour after her company Rita Rusk International was wound up. Her eponymous salon in Glasgow’s west end continues to trade, as it is owned by another firm.