Business & Regulation

New products, new research and new legislation all mean new headaches for professionals trying to run their businesses and offer creative services to clients. Two recent stories reinforce the challenges for the professional. The first concerns the increasing popularity of hair straightening and smoothing processes, for example the much-publicised Brazilian Blowout products. First an American […]

The Hairdressing and Beauty Suppliers Association (HBSA) has been reminding its members that the law on sales of certain chemicals has recently changed. As of 1st September 2014, products containing high concentrations of hydrogen peroxide, nitromethane, nitric acid, sodium or potassium perchlorate and sodium or potassium chlorate are now restricted from sale to the general […]

Here are our secrets for succeeding in business FOLLOW your dream – if it’s what you really want, you WILL succeed KEEP focused on what you enjoy – making people feeling and looking good You WILL go through tough times – you have to stay determined to succeed You WILL have troubles with staff – […]

Jon Hall has been in the business for 35 years. He thinks the issue of testing for sensitivity is still a grey area. Jon Hall runs The Cutting Studio in High Wycombe. The salon is in its 23rd year and Jon has been in the business for 36 years. 8 years ago a client who […]

Hilary Hall is the Chief Executive of the National Hairdressers’ Federation (NHF), the largest employer-led organisation representing hairdressing, barbering and beauty salon owners in the industry. Her own hair is short, wavy and neatly coiffed. Soon after taking over at the NHF she went on a mystery shopping expedition to several hairdressing salons to see […]

Hair and beauty is big business. The quarter of a million hair professionals in the UK who work in  our industry help to contribute around £5 billion to the economy. And there are many other big numbers when we look internationally, especially among the big product manufacturers. Businesses like L’Oréal, Henkel and Kao each sell […]

HM Revenue and Customs has just launched a new campaign that targets salon owners who pay less than the national minimum wage (NMW). The National Hairdressers’ Federation has been warning for some time that the Revenue is on the case of the hair and beauty profession, and we’ve reported on this issue more than once […]

At TrichoCare Education we talk to lots of salon owners and managers regularly, and one worry that often comes up in our chats is employment disputes. There can scarcely be a salon or business that hasn’t at some time had a problem with an employee or freelancer over absence, pay, hours or some other kind […]