Business & Career Modules
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1. Understanding Your Column
Understanding working hours, productive time, diary utilisation, occupancy, gaps and cancellations.
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2. Time = Money
Understanding revenue per hour, service timings, efficiency, productive versus non-productive time and diary value.
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3. What Should I Charge?
Understanding how service prices should account for time, products, overheads, operating costs, tax and profit.
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4. Am I Charging Enough?
Learning how to assess pricing using service duration, revenue per hour, costs, demand, capacity and market position.
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5. Building a Profitable Column
Understanding occupancy, rebooking, client frequency, spend, service mix, diary gaps and client retention.
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6. Building & Keeping a Client Base
Learning how to attract new clients, provide an excellent client experience, refer referrals and long-term client relationships.
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7. Recommendations
Learning how to make appropriate home-care recommendations, understand retail margins and increase client value.
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8. Brand & Social Media
Building a portfolio, photographing work, and using social media effectively to attract the stylist's ideal clients.
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9. Employee to Self-Employed
Understanding employment, self-employment, percentage-based arrangements and chair rental responsibilities.
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10. Tax, HMRC & VAT
An introduction to UK self-employment: Self Assessment, expenses, income tax, National Insurance and VAT.
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11. Managing Your Money
Understanding turnover, profit, cash flow, business banking, budgeting and financial resilience.
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12. Your Career & Business Plan
Creating income and working-hour goals, education plans, specialisms, target clientele and financial targets.
Learning Framework Guide
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Review core business theory through short lessons and practical salon industry examples.
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Reflect on how these core business concepts apply to your specific column and clients.
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Work with numbers that matter by reviewing your service pricing and appointment timings.
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Complete specific practical tasks and business growth exercises on the salon floor.
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Have a structured conversation about your progress with your dedicated Training Manager.
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Verify your knowledge with a short quiz or a brief review of the module content.
Academy Completion Journey
78%
Occupancy %
84%
Rebooking %
62%
Average Client Spend
£72
Revenue Per Hour
£45
New vs Returning
24 / 76
Client Retention
91%
Column Health Dashboard
A simple view showing how busy your diary is and how much revenue you generate per hour worked.
Technical Precision
Optimal
Client Rapport
Development
Retail Conversion
Steady
Speed & Efficiency
Optimal