Category: Finance

The True Costs Of Opening A Salon That Will Thrive

Opening a salon is exciting – especially if it’s your first – but it’s important to get it right from the very start. I’ve seen too many salons open up […]

The Importance Of Choosing A Comprehensive Insurance Policy

*Please note that the following information may differ from country to country. ESA Consultants operates in Ireland. I’ll start this article by declaring my independence. I am not connected to […]

The Salon Insider’s Guide To Surviving A Tax Inspection

The envelope from the HM Revenue and Customs (UK) or the Revenue Commissioners (Ireland) dropping through the door’s letterbox and onto the mat is normally most people’s nightmare scenario. Worse, when […]

Distilling Salons’ Business Performance Down To Two Numbers

As of June this year, I have now spent 15 years in the hair and beauty industry. It is hard to believe really – my entire professional life. A significant […]

5 Tips To Revolutionise Your Salon Business Plan

Everywhere you go, you see cheap deals. It seems like customers are always asking for discounts, and so it’s easy to feel beaten down by pricing. The problem we all […]

Should Beauty Salons Use Staggered Pricing?

In our last article, we discussed how to make pricing irrelevant. Today, we are going to follow that up with a new type of payment model: Staggered pricing. This is […]

60 Second Hot Topic: how do I keep staff motivated while keeping my overheads down?

You may have a great team of stylists or therapists, but you also have a business to run and money to make. It’s a balancing act – managing to keep staff […]

Starting up a Salon – 5 Real Lessons to Learn from a Newborn Entrepreneur

  Jennifer Fox started Cherry Red hair salon just over six months ago. Like many salon owners, aspiring or current, she faced great uncertainty and learned some hard lessons along […]

How To Make Your Marketing Pay!

Has someone ever rung you at the salon and tried to sell you advertising space … of course they have!  And … I’m prepared to bet that at least once, […]