Salonomics 6 – F*** The VAT
F*** the VAT Have you ever wondered why Salons are in the Retail sector and not in the health & wellbeing sector? It’s probably all due to VAT and the laziness of our civil servants and politicians. Aaron asks Joe to explain why hair and beauty businesses pay VAT, Is it a scam? We learn […]
Salonomics Podcast 1 – Build Back Better
Hello everyone, Seeing as we are locked down and cannot do any actual hair I am finding myself busier than ever. With home schooling my children and at the same time doing as much digital work I can, to keep the wolves from the door. I have not been able to find the time to […]
GoSalon – The Big Why?
To be future proof. You are here because; You would like to increase your profit margins. You want to give your customer the best service you can. You are looking to simplify the way you work. You want to move a piece of your business online. You want to be part of a powerful movement […]
Build Back Better – The Salon of tomorrow.
“The biggest mistake most people make, is they design the salon how they like it and not how their customers like it.”
Make space in the salon – create a smart wall!
I hope you are all keeping well. I wanted to let you know about the latest developments with GoSalon. You can request a smart wall by using this form. The specific places on your wall have to correspond with the position in your GoSalon. All is explained on this link https://www.gosalon.uk/smart-wall/ For years product companies, […]
FRUGALITY IS KEY TO SURVIVAL
This is an article about frugality in the salon. Although not a sexy word, it’s bloody effective during a crisis.
Reject the ‘New Normal’
this article is about young people and will they choose hairdressing?
Don’t be like them, Be like John.
Stop trashing your competition on Facebook. It won’t do anything for you apart from make you bitter, twisted and obsessed with someone else’s failure. If you spent 10% of the time you waste on Facebook brainstorming with your team about “how you can make the salon as efficient as it could be.” Then you would […]
Don’t worry about compliance. Worry about your customers.
Your customers are the most important thing in your business. Not the council. You do what is right for the customers not for the regulators or the guideline writers. The council doesn’t have their own customers. They force you to comply to their rules. They like to believe that they work for us, but we […]
Going Underground!
BE THE FUTURE It’s clear towns are changing and cities are shrinking. But what does it mean for the humble hairdresser, barber & Beauty pro? We are in this weird situation where time is money, money is time and everyone is bitching on Facebook about not having either. Odd. Salons and Barbers have had to […]