Salon group Blue Tit has announced Sharley Butcher as its Afro and textured hair educator and specialist. With 15 years in the hair industry, Sharley Butcher will be joining the growing Blue Tit team to implement the training of afro and mixed textured hair into the salon collectives’ training education programme. Sharley will be leading Read More
Hellen Ward says the professional hairdressing industry need to act now and join the Save Our Salons Campaign if we want to save all hair, barbering and beauty salons in 2021. Hellen Ward is the managing director at Richard Ward Hair & Metro Spa and hair and beauty consultant and she has worked with a Read More
Art meets design with the launch of the new Davines Light. Time and Colour Collection, which brings to life the recent work carried out by Davines hair art director Tom Connell. HJ was given a sneak peek at the Davines collection, which was unveiled during an exclusive presentation on Wednesday 20 January at 5.30pm via Read More
Salon software brand Phorest is hosting a virtual Uplift event on Monday 25 January at 10am to 12.30pm to inspire salon owners and get salon teams ready for the year ahead and for when hairdressing businesses can open again. Phorest is offering HJ’s readers an exclusive 25% discount code. The code is HJ25 if you Read More
Salon Supplies has opened its virtual furniture showroom for 2021, which allows you to take a virtual tour of what’s on offer from the UK hairdressing industry wholesaler. Salon Supplies has experienced substantial growth in its furniture and online sales during 2020 and a spike in orders and interaction on its website and social channels Read More
L’Oréal Professional Products Division is encouraging UK and Irish hairdressers to unite and take part in a Walk for Hairdressers challenge. The Walk for Hairdressers challenge will be a way for hairdressers and the hairdressing community to come together virtually during the current COVID-19 lockdown. L’Oréal Professional Products Division is donating £10,000 to the Hair Read More
Being a salon owner can be a lonely affair especially during the uncertainty of a pandemic, so business coach Liz McKeon shares her tips for how to cope when you’re feeling isolated, stressed or alone. Research has consistently shown that entrepreneurship can be a lonely and isolating journey, even if you have a salon team Read More
The Supreme Court has ruled that small businesses will receive Covid-19 insurance payments from their insurers for business interruption insurance policies. The first lockdown, which started in March 2020, meant that many small businesses had to close their doors, however many policyholders found that their insurers refused to make payments, arguing that ‘specialist policies’ were Read More
Opening in 2020 was always going to be a challenge, but lockdown gave Room 97 Creative in The Springs, Leeds the time to achieve perfection. FACT FILE Name: Room 97 Creative Address: The Springs, Thorpe Park, Leeds LS15 8GG Owners: Marcello Moccia and Karen Perry Furniture: DIR in Birmingham How long have you been in Read More