£6,000 software prize for weymouth salon
A £6,000 salon management system which was won at Salon International by owners of hair and beauty salon Elegance in Weymouth, Dorset, has enabled the salon to kick off 2009 in style.
Co-owners Sonia Fraga and Judith Hansford entered Integrity Software's competition at the show in October 2008, and were picked at random from over 100 participants to win a prize that's set to transform the way they do business.
The prize that included a Compaq computer, 15in touch-screen monitor, barcode scanner, receipt printer and report printer. was installed in January and has already changes the way the Elegance team do business.
"Until now we've been booking appointments the old-fashioned way, using pen and paper," explains Sonia. "Now we're starting to load customers' details into the i-salon programme and we can keep records of their contact details, which stylists they see, products they like, all the important information in one place."
As well as helping the Elegance team revamp their client records, the new system will also revolutionise time-consuming tasks such as stock control.
Sonia adds: "We work extremely hard with a lot of paperwork for these orders and transactions. Being able to monitor stock and work out commission on the computer instead will save a great deal of time."
