claudia was keen to grow her business and initially showed interest in purchasing the butchers premises on victoria street from claire peacock (julia haworth) to convert into a rival salon to audrey's salon. when audrey claimed her free hair treatment at perm suspect, claudia revealed that she was no longer interested in buying the premises as it smelt of meat. she asked if audrey was interested in selling to her, an offer that was flatly refused. claudia told audrey that she had set her sights on marc selby (andrew hall), a client sat near them who had recently been widowed and not long after the pair start dating. in march 2011, while having her hair done one of audrey's elderly clients dies, claudia and audrey are left horrified. soon after, claudia begins to suspect marc is having an affair and audrey joins claudia in spying on him at his home. claudia is angered to see a woman leaving his house. later, marc tries to explain himself to claudia by saying that the woman was his sister, but claudia does not believe him. in april 2011, claudia spots a receipt in marc's wallet and assumes it is a gift for her, totally oblivious to knowing it is in fact for his alter-ego "marcia".