When I started my apprenticeship I learned a sneaky trick from my senior stylists: how to book ‘fakies’. They would use it to fill a 7 pm booking so they could go home an hour earlier. I tried it a few times, it was cool to get away early. Right, but it wasn’t long after…

For many salon owners, the thought of passing over your clientele to spend more time on business building can be fraught with fear and uncertainty, but if you take the important jump of stepping away from the busy work of your salon floor, your business is bound to benefit. Janine bought her first salon aged…

Recently I was privileged to interview Tracey Hughes over on the podcast. With over 30 years experience in the industry, Tracey has successfully launched and grown her salon businesses, before then pivoting into providing award winning training for salon professionals. Here are the top lessons to help you to launch, grow or even exit a…